willow
n
(a) (also `willow-tree) [C]
any of various types of tree and shrub with thin flexible branches and long narrow leaves, usu growing near water 柳; 柳树
a weeping willow 垂柳. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page i.
(b) [U] its wood, used esp for making cricket bats 柳木(尤用以制作板球棒).
About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing.
旅程开始时拴在下边的人大约有三分之一已经不见了。
Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.