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

• 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 twigs snapped under the snow.
  雪把树枝压断了。
• In their pupa stage, they resemble broken twigs.
  在蛹的阶段，它们象断开的小枝条。
• 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。
• Just like a gentle breeze wandering among the twigs of trees.
  像柔和的微风，漫游在树枝之间。
• Cut off the unnecessary twigs and branches.
  把多余的枝叶剪去。
• 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 drains got silted up again with mud and bits of twigs.
  排水沟被淤泥和细枝堵塞了。
• 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。