twig

英 [twɪɡ] 美 [twɪɡ]

• n. 小枝；嫩枝
• v. 理解；领悟

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]细枝；嫩枝

   a small thin woody stem growing from a branch

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 细枝，嫩枝，树枝，桠枝，小枝
2. 小支脉
3. 深矿杖
4. 卜杖，占卜杖
5. 【解】枝脉，末梢
6. 【电】枝线

v. 动词

1. 懂得，明白，了解，理解
2. 注目，注意
3. 认出，看出，发现
4. 【美俚】用细枝打
5. 意识到，领悟

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

Verb:

1. branch out in a twiglike manner;

   "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
   

2. understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Elaine plucked a twig from the offending japonica and set about its systematic defoliation with savage concentration.
   埃莱恩从难看的山茶上折了个嫩枝，开始猛烈的收集系统的落叶。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She heard a twig snap.
   她听到一根小树枝啪地折断了。
2. Some birds build nests out of twigs.
   一些鸟用小树枝筑巢。

经典引文

• A great mass of leaves is produced on slender, whippy twigs.

  出自： Anthony Huxley

• He showed me how to..weave osier twigs into baskets.

  出自： A. Carter

• Oblige me by twigging that trio.

  出自： J. T. Hewlett

词汇搭配

• cinnamon twig 桂枝
• cassia twig 桂枝
• flower twig 种籽
• lime twig 沾有粘鸟胶的树枝(捕...
• twig cutting 插枝
• osier twig 垂柳
• twig blight 枝枯病
• hop the twig 突然离去(死去)...

词义辨析

n. (名词)

twig, bough, branch, shoot, spay

• 参见branch条。

近反义词

【近义词】

• branch 分部
• shoot 发射
• cotton on 开始理解
• catch on 理解
• stem 柄
• stick 手杖
• understand 懂得
• grasp 把握
• comprehend 充分理解
• get 得到
• realize 实现
• discern 辨别
• limb 肢体
• sprout 长芽
• sprig 小树枝
• spring 春天
• latch on 抓住
• tumble 暴跌
• branchlet 小枝
• get it 理解
• get wise 变卤莽
• get onto 上车

派生词

n.(名词)

• twigged adj. 有细枝的‖twiggy adj. 象细枝的；苗条的；多细枝的