单词 | willow-branch |
释义 | > as lemmaswillow-branch willow-branch n. a branch of a willow-tree; also allusively as in 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > plants or trees as signs of mourning yewa1450 rosemary1559 cypress1590 willow-branch1622 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > harbouring unrequited love > symbol of grief for unrequited love willow-branch1622 1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. C2 Song, Maidens willow branches beare, say I died true. 1830 Tennyson Dying Swan in Poems 103 The willowbranches hoar and dank. 1861 Trollope Framley Parsonage II. xiv. 287 I have been overwhelmed with presents of willow branches. < as lemmas |
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