twig

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n. 小枝, 细枝 v. 懂得, 了解

发音

US /twɪɡ/
US /tʰw̥ɪɡ/

词形变化

twigs 复数 twigs twigs 三单 twigging 现在分词 twigged 过去式 twigged 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

小枝；嫩枝；末梢

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small thin branch of a tree or bush.

    枝

    树枝

    They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.

  2. 2.

    Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed.

    俚语 体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To beat with twigs.

    及物
  2. 1.

    To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.

    非正式

    He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.

  3. 2.

    To be realized and understood; to click.

    不及物
  4. 3.

    To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.

    Do you twig me?

  5. 4.

    To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

  6. 1.

    To pull

    苏格兰 废旧
  7. 2.

    To twitch

  8. 3.

    To tweak

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

sprig branchlet

上位词 1

branch

下位词 4

wand brier withe withy
动词

同义词 7

tumble catch on get on to cotton on get it get wise latch on

上位词 10

dig separate branch fork grasp compass comprehend apprehend savvy get the picture

相关短语

twig snake twig snakes twig and berries twig wilter twig wilters twig rune twig runes a twig in a bundle is unbreakable a twig in a bundle cannot be broken you cannot break a twig in a bundle you can't break a twig in a bundle one cannot break a twig in a bundle one can't break a twig in a bundle Macaya green twig anole as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined 少成若天性

词源

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom, from *dwóh₁. More at two. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian twiich, twiig (“twig”), Saterland Frisian Twiech (“branch, twig”), West Frisian twiich (“twig”), Dutch twijg (“twig”), German Zweig (“branch, twig; section”), German Low German Twieg (“branch, twig”), Luxembourgish Zwäig (“twig”), Yiddish צווײַג (tsvayg, “branch”); also Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”).

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