| 单词 | twig |
| 释义 | Related topics: Plantstwig1 /twɪɡ/ ●●○ noun [countable] HBPa small very thin stem of wood that grows from a branch on a tree 〔树枝上的〕细枝，嫩枝 →4 See picture of 见图 TREE —twiggy adjectiveExamples from the Corpustwig• They simply spin a silken sling to attach themselves to a twig.• I saw a little glazed brown ring of tent caterpillar moth eggs on a chokecherry twig.• He found a not very effective twig and scraped.• As in other bowerbirds, the male builds an elaborate bower of twigs and ferns and therein tries to seduce females.• Maybe in the bleak light of dawn Kathy arranged a pile of twigs on the beach.• Another is a close-up of a mud-encrusted hand reaching back toward a worker at the top of a precarious twig ladder.• So I gradually amassed armfuls of small twigs, which I carried back to my cave.• And again in what directions do the branches and smaller twigs grow?twig2 verb (twigged, twigging) [intransitive, transitive] British English informalREALIZE to suddenly realize something about a situation 突然明白，突然懂得 It took ages before he twigged. 过了好长时间他才突然明白过来。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustwig• Oh, I get it, I've twigged at last. How much do you want?• It was amazing that Graham hadn't twigged before he married her.• People don't twig she's ten.• At last I twigged that I was pregnant• It took him about two minutes to twig what I was going on about!• I never twigged what the gold rush was.Origin twig Old English twiggetwig1 nountwig2 verbChinese small Corpus grows a that stem from wood very of thin |
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