twig

英 [twɪɡ]

美 [twɪɡ]

n.  细枝; 小枝; 嫩枝
v.  (突然地)懂得，理解，明白，意识到

复数：twigs　过去式：twigged　过去分词：twigged　现在分词：twigging　第三人称单数：twigs　

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牛津词典

noun

• 细枝；小枝；嫩枝
  a small very thin branch that grows out of a larger branch on a bush or tree

verb

• （突然地）懂得，理解，明白，意识到
  to suddenly understand or realize sth
  1. Haven't you twigged yet?
     难道你还不明白？
  2. I finally twigged what he meant.
     我终于弄明白了他的意思。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division)
  Synonym:branchletsprig

verb

• branch out in a twiglike manner
  1. The lightning bolt twigged in several directions
• understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  1. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
  Synonym:catch onget wiseget ontotumblelatch oncotton onget it

双语例句

• I kept dropping hints but he still didn't twig.
  我不断向他暗示，可他还是不明白。
• The insect simulates a twig.
  这种昆虫看上去像一个小树枝。
• Then I twigged that they were illegal immigrants
  然后我突然意识到他们是非法移民。
• Before it, I was merely a dry twig, duckweed, a lamplight dying out.
  之前，我不过是枯枝、浮萍。将残的灯火。
• Even just stepping on a twig could reveal one's position and ruin an entire mission.
  甚至只要踩上树叶也会暴露自己的位置，从而毁了整个任务。
• He heard the snap of a twig broken under foot.
  他听见小树枝在脚下被踩断的劈啪声。
• She heard a twig snap.
  她听到一根小树枝啪地折断了。
• The other end of the twig is sharpened into a sharp point to use as a toothpick
  细枝的另一端被削尖用作牙签。
• I smile at your play with that bit of broken twig.
  我笑你一直在玩着那根断掉的树枝。
• He twisted a twig and broke it.
  他扭断了一根细树枝。