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

• Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs.
  美国东部的矮灌木，带绒毛的嫩枝。
• I could see twigs on the willow bush.
  我看得见柳树丛的嫩枝了。
• 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。
• The drains got silted up again with mud and bits of twigs.
  排水沟被淤泥和细枝堵塞了。
• Sharp twigs scratched her arms and legs.
  尖利的小刺刮伤了她的手臂和大腿；
• 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。
• Which animals look exactly like back, twigs, and leaves?
  什么昆虫看起来像树皮、树枝和树叶？
• 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。
• 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。