Willow

Definition

willow /'wÇlǝƱ/ n (က) [C] မိုးမခပင္။ (ခ) ယင္းအသား။ (ခရစ္ကက္ဘက္တံလုပ္ရသည္။ ) ❏ willow-pattern n [U] ျမစ္ကမ္းစပ္၌ မိုးမခပင္ ေပါက္ေန ဟန္ အျဖဴအျပာ ႏွစ္ေရာင္ျခယ္ တ႐ုတ္ ႐ိုးရာဒီဇိုင္း။ မိုးမခဒီဇိုင္း။ a willow-pattern dinner service. ❏ willowy adj ( approv ) ႏြဲ႕လ်ေသာ။ a willowy young actress.

Examples

1. ‘It is said that Hippocrates (he of the Hippocratic Oath) brewed leaves from the willow tree to ease the pain of childbirth.’
2. ‘Closing her eyes
3. Sarah lay down on the grass near a tall willow tree.’
4. ‘On her fifteenth birthday she had stupidly agreed to jump off a branch of a willow tree over a shallow ravine some ten feet below on a dare.’
5. ‘The study area is subalpine tundra
6. and primary vegetation is shrubby willow.’
7. ‘Briony walked down the path leading to the old but beautiful whispering willow.’
8. ‘We chose to sit beneath a willow tree with its branches shielding us from view.’
9. ‘In her madness
10. Ophelia climbs a willow tree to hang garlands from its branches.’
11. ‘Another twist on this theme is his striking wall lamps
12. which are essentially steel rods with willow woven around them.’
13. ‘The stream is well overgrown with willow and more.’
14. ‘A wiggling larva on a leaf of a willow tree catches her eye and is quickly consumed.’
15. ‘And the tree
16. the sacred willow tree
17. the huluppu tree
18. is no more!’
19. ‘Some 2000 years ago the Greeks used the bark and leaves of the willow tree (which contains salicylic acid) to relieve pain and fever.’
20. ‘Ford stood next to a willow tree
21. the thin branches falling around him like a curtain.’
22. ‘She wanted a whippy switch off a willow tree in the front yard.’
23. ‘One of the remedies Hippocrates used for pain and fevers was powder made from the bark and leaves of the willow tree.’
24. ‘If you want tiger swallowtail butterflies
25. plant a willow tree.’
26. ‘To his luck he saw the light on in her room and the window open
27. behind the thick leaves from the willow tree.’
28. ‘Daddy found this place: there was a willow tree with its branches dipping into the little river nearby.’
29. ‘The walls of the maze are planted with willow
30. and there are little jokes throughout
31. such as a skeleton reclining on a bench and a small cricket pavilion.’
32. ‘He stopped when he saw her
33. her thread bare cotton skirt hiked up to her knees as her feet brushed the top of the water underneath a willow tree.’