mid-14c., "wickerwork," from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish viger, Middle Swedish viker "willow, willow branch"), from Proto-Germanic *wik- (cognates: Old Norse vikja "to move, turn," Swedish vika "to bend," Old English wican "to give way, yield"), from PIE root *weik- (4) "to bend, twine" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs. As an adjective, "made of wicker," from c. 1500.
例文
1. The living room is furnished simply with wicker furniture.
リビングには簡単にいくつかの柳編みの家具が置かれている。
2.We sat side by side on two wicker seats.
私たちは2つの柳の椅子の上に肩を並べて座っています。
3.He donned work clothes and a wicker helmet.
彼は作業服を着て、柳帽をかぶった。
4.Claire spent the morning in a wicker rocker on the screened porch with a book.
クレアは朝を通して網戸のある廊下で柳のロッキングチェアに座って本を読んでいた。
5.Sitting in his wicker chair,he gazed reflectively at the fire.