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

• They chew the sappy twigs and bark of birch.
  它们嘴嚼桦树上多汁的嫩枝和树皮。
• The twigs snapped under the snow.
  雪把树枝压断了。
• Slender flexible branches or twigs ( especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork.
  细长柔韧的枝或嫩条（尤指柳或一些藤茎植物），用于枝编工艺。
• Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs.
  美国东部的矮灌木，带绒毛的嫩枝。
• Sharp twigs scratched her arms and legs.
  尖利的小刺刮伤了她的手臂和大腿；
• The twigs have arrived.
  布景用的树枝运到了。
• Willow twigs are pliable.
  柳条很软。
• Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs.
  欧洲的一种小落叶灌木，花芳香、淡紫色，有毒的嫩枝上结有红色的浆果。
• 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 drains got silted up again with mud and bits of twigs.
  排水沟被淤泥和细枝堵塞了。