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

• Some birds build nests of twigs.
  一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
• Beavers find enough nutritious twigs and branches to support new colonies.
  河狸可以找到更多营养丰富的嫩枝和树杈来养活新的群体。
• Sharp twigs scratched her arms and legs.
  尖利的小刺刮伤了她的手臂和大腿；
• They chew the sappy twigs and bark of birch.
  它们嘴嚼桦树上多汁的嫩枝和树皮。
• 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。
• Willow twigs are pliable.
  柳条很软。
• Just like a gentle breeze wandering among the twigs of trees.
  像柔和的微风，漫游在树枝之间。
• Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs.
  美国东部的矮灌木，带绒毛的嫩枝。
• The drains got silted up again with mud and bits of twigs.
  排水沟被淤泥和细枝堵塞了。
• 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。