twig是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)hop the twig突然离开

(2)twig furniture细枝家具

双语例句

(1)Sorry, I don’t quite twig.

不好意思，我不太明白。

(2)The car accident damaged his nerve twigs.

此次车祸损伤了他的神经小支。

(3)The man poked me with a twig.

那人用树枝戳了我一下。

(4)We collected dry twigs to start the fire.

我们收集了干树枝来生火

(5)He shifted his weight and a twig snapped.

他挪了挪身子，一根树枝随即喀嚓一声折断了。

(6)There is the bird, sitting on a twig halfway up the tree.

鸟儿在那里，栖息在树中段的一根细枝上。

(7)He takes roses, or carnations, pulls out a twig, but only when they're fresh.

他拿玫瑰，或是康乃馨，抽出一根小枝，仅仅是它们新鲜的时候。

(8)The waves played with him and tossed him about as if he were a twig or a bit of straw.

海浪冲击着他，把他抛来抛去，仿佛他是一根小树枝或是稻草。

(9)The first twig, dear father, that brushes against your hat when you turn your face to come homewards.

第一根小树枝，亲爱的爸爸，你转身回家时碰到你帽子的树枝。

同义词

vi. 理解

vt. 理解

n. 小枝；嫩枝；末梢

同根词

词根 twig

(1)twiggy adj. 多细枝的；苗条的；小枝繁茂的

释义

n.

a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub

细枝，嫩枝。

Anatomy a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve

【剖】 血管小支，神经小支。

v.

Brit. informal understand or realize something

〈英，非正式〉 理解；明白

it was amazing that Graham hadn't twigged before.

令人惊异的是格雷厄姆以前竟不明白。

[with obj.]archaic perceive; observe

〈古〉 察觉；观察

nine days now since my eyes have twigged any terra firma.

自我看到任何陆地以来已经有九天了。

词源

"Old English twigge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twijg and German Zweig, also to TWAIN and TWO. mid 18th cent.： of unknown origin. "

(1)Each branch, each twig, each blade of grass, seems clad miraculously with glass.

一根根树枝一片片草叶尖儿，倒是有了水晶般的美，剔透闪亮。《Beauty and the Beast》《美女与野兽》