willow
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈwɪl.əʊ/ US /ˈwɪl.oʊ/
a tree that grows near water and has long, thin branches that hang down, or wood from this tree
서양에서도 수양버들가지(willow)는 친구를 잃었을 때 슬픔을 표시하는 상징이라고 한다.
팝송 <트라이 투 리멤버(톰 존스 작사, 하비 슈미트 작곡. 1960년)>에서도 willow는 울음의 상징으로 표현된다
Try to remember When life is so tender
Then no one wept except willow.
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The Brothers Four -Try To Remember
Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember the kind of September
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made us mellow
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow, follow, follow
callow 미숙한, 풋내기의
adjective literary disapproving
UK /ˈkæl.əʊ/ US /ˈkæl.oʊ/
Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment:
Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in Paris.
My son's inability to think ahead is typical of a callow teen.
A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult.
a callow youth. 풋내기 청년
ember 타다 남은 것
noun [ C usually plural ]
UK /ˈem.bər/ US /ˈem.bɚ/
a piece of wood or coal, etc. that continues to burn after a fire has no more flames:
We sat by the glowing/dying embers of the fire.
billow
verb [ I ]
UK /ˈbɪl.əʊ/ US /ˈbɪl.oʊ/
to spread over a large area, or (especially of things made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger:
Smoke billowed (out) from the burning building.
The sheets/shirts hanging on the line billowed in the breeze.
We watched the boats with their billowing sails.
영어로 billow의 뜻
billow
verb [ I ]
UK /ˈbɪl.əʊ/ US /ˈbɪl.oʊ/
to spread over a large area, or (especially of things made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger:
Smoke billowed (out) from the burning building.
The sheets/shirts hanging on the line billowed in the breeze.
We watched the boats with their billowing sails.
billow
noun [ C usually plural ]
UK /ˈbɪl.əʊ/ US /ˈbɪl.oʊ/
a large, moving mass of something, such as smoke or cloud, that spreads over a large area:
billows of smoke
Sophie stepped into the shower through a billow of steam.
literary
a large wave:
They were swept by the billows of that savage sea.
The wind rushes over the rolling billows, and no ferryboat can cross in such weather.
billow
verb [ I ]
US /ˈbɪl·oʊ/
to spread over a large area, or (esp. of items made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger:
The building is draped in blue plastic sheeting that flaps and billows like a sail.