twigs

英 [twɪɡz]

美 [twɪɡz]

n.  细枝; 小枝; 嫩枝
v.  (突然地)懂得，理解，明白，意识到
twig的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 细枝;嫩枝
  Atwigis a very small thin branch that grows out from a main branch of a tree or bush.
• VERB 顿悟;突然醒悟;豁然开窍
  If youtwig, you suddenly realize or understand something.
  1. Then I twigged that they were illegal immigrants...
     然后我突然意识到他们是非法移民。
  2. By the time she'd twigged what it was all about it was too late.
     等到她把一切都想通时，已为时太晚。

双语例句

• Willow twigs are pliable.
  柳条很软。
• Termite fishing with twigs and the mid-ribs of leaves were two.
  用小树枝和树叶中脉钓取白蚁是其中的两种模式。
• This grapevine has grown many new twigs.
  这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。
• The twigs have arrived.
  布景用的树枝运到了。
• Some birds build nests of twigs.
  一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
• They eat a great deal of fibrous twigs and woody material.
  它们吃大量含纤维的嫩枝和木质物。
• The tapir uses its trunk to pick up the leaves and twigs it eats.
  貘用它的象鼻捡起它食用的树叶和树枝。
• To relax, they kick back in a giant'sofa'made of tree stumps and twigs.
  想休憩一下的时候，他们就会躺到由树桩和树枝做成的一个巨大“沙发”里。
• We heard a cracking noise among the trees. The twigs snapped as they burned.
  我们听见树林中有劈啪声。树枝燃烧时发出了劈啪声。
• I could see twigs on the willow bush.
  我看得见柳树丛的嫩枝了。