| 单词 | twig |
| 释义 | twig twig1 —twigless, adj. —twiglike, adj. /twig/, n. 1. a slender shoot of a tree or other plant. 2. a small offshoot from a branch or stem. 3. a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs. 4. Anat. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve. [bef. 950; ME; OE twig, twigge, orig. (something) divided in two; akin to OHG zwig (G Zweig), D twijg; cf. Skt dvikás double] twig2 /twig/, v. , twigged, twigging. Brit. v.t. 1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you? 2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors? 3. to understand. v.i. 4. to understand. [1755-65; < Ir tuigim I understand, with E w reflecting the offglide before i of the velarized Ir t typical of southern Ireland; cf. DIG2] twig3 /twig/, n. Brit. style; fashion. [1805-15; orig. uncert.] |
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