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单词 twig
释义
N97331822twigSpoken.72Fiction.898Magazine.563Newspaper.128Academic.161

twig1

/twɪg/
1
a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub
细枝, 嫩枝。
1.1
Anatomy a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve
【剖】血管小支, 神经小支。
派生词

twigged

adjective

twiggy

adjective
词源
Old English twigge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twijg and German Zweig, also to TWAIN and TWO.

twig2

/twɪg/
1

twigged, twigging

no obj. 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。

1.1
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
mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
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