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

• 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。
• 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。
• The bird began to put twigs and grass in the hat.
  小鸟开始往帽子里放小树枝和草。
• Cut off the unnecessary twigs and branches.
  把多余的枝叶剪去。
• This grapevine has grown many new twigs.
  这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。
• They built a pyramid of leaves and twigs.
  他们用树叶和枝条堆成一个角锥体。
• The long willow twigs hang low, brushing the surface of the lake.
  长长的柳条垂及湖面。
• They chew the sappy twigs and bark of birch.
  它们嘴嚼桦树上多汁的嫩枝和树皮。
• Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs.
  美国东部的矮灌木，带绒毛的嫩枝。
• 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。