Twig
[twɪg] or [twɪɡ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) branch out in a twiglike manner; 'The lightning bolt twigged in several directions'.
伊凡手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
(v. t.) To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
(v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
(n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
(v. t.) To beat with twigs.
拜伦整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Shoot, sprig, spray, branch.
v. a. [Colloquial.] Observe, notice, take notice of.
編輯:梅布尔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Sprig, spray, shoot, branch
德洛丽丝整理
解釋/意思:
n. a small shoot or branch of a tree: a divining-rod.—v.i. to be active.—adjs. Twig′gen (Shak.) covered with osier; Twig′gy abounding in twigs or shoots; Twig′some full of twigs.
v.t. (slang) to observe narrowly: to understand.—v.i. to understand see.
德威特編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- On a twig, making up his mind to hop! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She picked up a twig of the catkin, piqued by Birkin's attention to it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The adults stood aloft upon their toes and their mighty tails, their talons pruning every available leaf and twig. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Take this myrtle, said Helena, tossing him a twig across the table, and sing to it in the Greek fashion. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- One day as they were walking along the lane, they saw a robin sitting on the top twig of a bush, singing shrilly. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Let us picture a body of still water with a twig floating upon its surface. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The atmosphere was grey and translucent, the birds sang sharply on the young twigs, the earth would be quickening and hastening in growth. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- We were all cutting twigs and branches. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- She was sullenly picking and pulling at the twigs of the hedge as she passed. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It would be a fallacy to entertain such a thought, for the little stars out-number the big ones, and the twigs of the tree are far more numerous than its branches. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- As far aloft as I could see the stems and branches and twigs were as smooth and as highly polished as the newest of American-made pianos. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- For a moment Sabor hung half across the branch, while Tarzan mocked, and hurled twigs and branches at her unprotected face. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I could see twigs on the willow bush. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Twigging of me, Sam! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
坎迪編輯