twig 音标拼音: [tw'ɪg]
n . 小枝,末梢
vt .
vi . 注意,了解
小枝,末梢注意,了解
twig n 1 :
a small branch or division of a branch (
especially a terminal division );
usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [
synonym : {
branchlet }, {
twig },
{
sprig }]
v 1 :
branch out in a twiglike manner ; "
The lightning bolt twigged in several directions "
2 :
understand ,
usually after some initial difficulty ; "
She didn '
t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on " [
synonym : {
catch on }, {
get wise }, {
get onto },
{
tumble }, {
latch on }, {
cotton on }, {
twig }, {
get it }]
Twig \
Twig \,
v .
t .
To beat with twigs .
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1913 Webster ]
Twig \
Twig \ (
tw [
i ^]
g ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Twigged } (
tw [
i ^]
gd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Twigging }.] [
Cf . {
Tweak }.]
To twitch ;
to pull ;
to tweak . [
Obs .
or Scot .]
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Twig \
Twig \,
v .
t . [
Gael .
tuig ,
or Ir .
tuigim I understand .]
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1 .
To understand the meaning of ;
to comprehend ;
as ,
do you twig me ? [
Colloq .] --
Marryat .
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2 .
To observe slyly ;
also ,
to perceive ;
to discover . "
Now twig him ;
now mind him ." --
Foote .
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As if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal . --
Hawthorne .
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Twig \
Twig \,
n . [
AS .
twig ;
akin to D .
twijg ,
OHG .
zw [
imac ]
g ,
zw [
imac ],
G .
zweig ,
and probably to E .
two .]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant ,
of no definite length or size .
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs ,
covered on the outside with hides . --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
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{
Twig borer } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees ,
as the apple -
tree twig borer ({
Amphicerus bicaudatus }).
{
Twig girdler }. (
Zool .)
See {
Girdler },
3 .
{
Twig rush } (
Bot .),
any rushlike plant of the genus {
Cladium }
having hard ,
and sometimes prickly -
edged ,
leaves or stalks .
See {
Saw grass },
under {
Saw }.
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "
twig ":
accept ,
appendage ,
arm ,
bine ,
bough ,
branch ,
branchedness ,
branchiness ,
burgeon ,
catch ,
catch on ,
comprehend ,
craze ,
cry ,
deadwood ,
descry ,
dig ,
discern ,
distinguish ,
divine ,
espy ,
fad ,
fathom ,
flagellum ,
fork ,
frond ,
furore ,
get ,
grasp ,
hand ,
imp ,
joint ,
know ,
leg ,
limb ,
link ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
mark ,
member ,
mode ,
note ,
notice ,
observe ,
offshoot ,
organ ,
perceive ,
pinion ,
rage ,
ramage ,
ramification ,
rumble ,
runner ,
sapling ,
sarment ,
scion ,
see ,
seedling ,
sense ,
set ,
shoot ,
slip ,
spear ,
spray ,
sprig ,
sprit ,
sprout ,
spur ,
stem ,
stick ,
stolon ,
style ,
sucker ,
switch ,
tail ,
take ,
take in ,
tendril ,
thallus ,
tumble to ,
understand ,
vogue ,
wing
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