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单词 wicker
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Definition of wicker in English:

wicker

noun ˈwɪkəˈwɪkər
mass noun
  • Pliable twigs, typically of willow, plaited or woven to make items such as furniture and baskets.

    as modifier a wicker chair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a chirpy little place with clean bright red tablecloths and wicker padded chairs on the terrace.
    • He stared for one more minute then collapsed into his wicker chair, exasperated.
    • From here on my wicker chair it seems incredible that just short decades ago this garden was a dust-bowl, a sterile desert.
    • Many of these products flowed off the stalls and onto the ground, where decaying wicker baskets protected them from the dust and dirt.
    • As we were heading out of the section I saw some rather nice wicker wall baskets that have Marigold and Snowflake plants in them.
    • Use wicker or wire baskets to keep your sponges, loofahs and shampoos handy near the tub or shower.
    • When she had finished, Rebekah picked up the empty wicker basket and turned to go inside.
    • These roundhouses were generally fashioned from double-walled, woven wicker or from posts and wattle.
    • Glancing around the porch she saw new wicker furniture that went well with the old home.
    • She was sitting in an elegantly woven wicker chair in front of a large tree in a forest, and her face shone with a smile.
    • There are enormous bags of scarlet chilis, sacks of tobacco and piles of wicker baskets.
    • Communities gathered on hill tops and lake shores to collect the berries in specially designed rush and wicker baskets.
    • Each has a balcony, complete with wicker chairs and a hammock - many guests choose to sleep in the latter.
    • You can find wicker baskets at your local ‘pound shop’ and paper from your shredder makes great lining.
    • Those readers whose grannies favour calendars featuring cheeky kittens peeping out of wicker baskets will get the idea.
    • I then put the bonnottes in two Asian wicker steaming baskets and over a saucepan filled with salted boiling water.
    • The three of them sat in the wide wicker chairs on the front porch, watching as the sun set.
    • Beyond, near the bow, was a large saloon with a round table and wicker chairs.
    • The only complaint is that the flat is not edgy enough (it has wicker furniture).
    • A sedate scattering of planters, wicker chairs and Balinese chests evokes mansions of old.

Origin

Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish viker 'willow'; related to vika 'to bend'.

Rhymes

bicker, clicker, dicker, flicker, kicker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, shicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ticker, tricker, vicar, whicker, Wicca
 
 

Definition of wicker in US English:

wicker

nounˈwikərˈwɪkər
  • Pliable twigs, typically of willow, plaited or woven to make items such as furniture and baskets.

    as modifier a wicker chair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • From here on my wicker chair it seems incredible that just short decades ago this garden was a dust-bowl, a sterile desert.
    • When she had finished, Rebekah picked up the empty wicker basket and turned to go inside.
    • Many of these products flowed off the stalls and onto the ground, where decaying wicker baskets protected them from the dust and dirt.
    • It's a chirpy little place with clean bright red tablecloths and wicker padded chairs on the terrace.
    • She was sitting in an elegantly woven wicker chair in front of a large tree in a forest, and her face shone with a smile.
    • Each has a balcony, complete with wicker chairs and a hammock - many guests choose to sleep in the latter.
    • Beyond, near the bow, was a large saloon with a round table and wicker chairs.
    • The only complaint is that the flat is not edgy enough (it has wicker furniture).
    • These roundhouses were generally fashioned from double-walled, woven wicker or from posts and wattle.
    • He stared for one more minute then collapsed into his wicker chair, exasperated.
    • A sedate scattering of planters, wicker chairs and Balinese chests evokes mansions of old.
    • Glancing around the porch she saw new wicker furniture that went well with the old home.
    • You can find wicker baskets at your local ‘pound shop’ and paper from your shredder makes great lining.
    • Use wicker or wire baskets to keep your sponges, loofahs and shampoos handy near the tub or shower.
    • Communities gathered on hill tops and lake shores to collect the berries in specially designed rush and wicker baskets.
    • I then put the bonnottes in two Asian wicker steaming baskets and over a saucepan filled with salted boiling water.
    • Those readers whose grannies favour calendars featuring cheeky kittens peeping out of wicker baskets will get the idea.
    • As we were heading out of the section I saw some rather nice wicker wall baskets that have Marigold and Snowflake plants in them.
    • There are enormous bags of scarlet chilis, sacks of tobacco and piles of wicker baskets.
    • The three of them sat in the wide wicker chairs on the front porch, watching as the sun set.

Origin

Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish viker ‘willow’; related to vika ‘to bend’.

 
 
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