Twine
[twaɪn]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A twist; a convolution.
(n.) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
(n.) The act of twining or winding round.
(n.) To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
(n.) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
(n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
(n.) To change the direction of.
(n.) To mingle; to mix.
(v. i.) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
(v. i.) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
(v. i.) To turn round; to revolve.
(v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.
整理:彼得
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Twist together.[2]. Encircle, surround, embrace, entwine, wind about, wind around.
艾哈迈德校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Twist, wind, embrace, entwine, wreath, bind, unite, braid, bend, meander
ANT:Untwist, unwind, separate, disunite, detach, unwreath, unravel, disentwine,continue, straighten
錄入:史黛西
解釋/意思:
n. a cord composed of two or more threads twisted together: a twist: an intertwining.—v.t. to wind as two threads together: to twist together: to wind about: to encircle: to blend intermingle.—v.i. to unite closely: to bend: to make turns: to ascend spirally round a support.—ns. Twine′-hold′er a case for holding a ball of twine to be unwinded as required; Twī′ner one who or that which twines.—adj. Twī′ning twisting winding.—adv. Twī′ningly.
a variant of twin to separate.
海伦娜編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To see twine in your dream, warns you that your business is assuming complications which will be hard to overcome. See Thread.
校對:桑福德
例句/造句/用法:
- Gorham, of Illinois, built a successful twine binder, and had it at work in the harvest field in 1874. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Inventors accordingly concentrated their attention on the use of twine or cord. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Appleby, who, in 1878, had perfected a twine binder attachment. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He began to ransack his tutor's desk for a piece of wax or twine necessary to his work. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- McCormick realized that he must give the farmers what they demanded, and he looked about for a man who could invent a new method of binding with twine. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Their cardboard boxes were wrapped and tied neatly with waxed twine. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- It had the curves and indentations in it still, where it had been twined and bound. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She sat down again, her face flushed deeply, and her hands twisted and twined together in her lap. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She raised them up, looked earnestly at them, twined them around her thin fingers, and looked from time to time, anxiously at her father. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair fell from it, and twined about his fingers. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Thrown out on the winds it became twined in with them, and with them it flew away. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She twined herself round the heart of Miss Crawley. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She is in a gorgeous oriental costume; the black braided locks are twined with innumerable jewels; her dress is covered over with gold piastres. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- This was said as she stood at the glass, training her naturally waved hair into curls, by twining it round her fingers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- How could I wonder, when I saw their innocent faces shrinking away, and their arms twining round her neck, instead of mine? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The Jew stopped to hear no more; but uttering a loud yell, and twining his hands in his hair, rushed from the room, and from the house. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Twines not of them one golden thread, But for its sake a Paynim bled. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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