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sprig

/sprig/US // sprɪg //UK // (sprɪɡ) //

枝条,花枝,枝桠,枝叶

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
    • : an ornament having the form of such a spray.
    • : a shoot, twig, or small branch.
    • : Facetious. a scion, offspring, or heir of a family, class, etc.
    • : a youth or young fellow.
    • : glazier's point.
    • : a headless brad.
    • : Metallurgy. a small peg for reinforcing the walls of a mold.a metal insert, used to chill certain portions of cast metal, that becomes an integral part of the finished casting.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sprigged, sprig·ging.

    • : to mark or decorate with a design of sprigs.
    • : to fasten with brads.
    • : Horticulture. to propagate a plant, especially grass, by planting individual stolons.
    • : Metallurgy. to reinforce the walls of with sprigs.
    • : to remove a sprig or sprigs from.

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Examples

  • Add a large spoonful of chopped vegetables, a few pickled chiles, and, if you’d like, some crumbled or shredded cheese, a squeeze of lime and a few sprigs of cilantro.

  • Gather your herb sprigs by the stem ends and plunge the leaves into the boiling water for 15 seconds and then immediately submerge them in ice water for one minute.

  • Strain into a tall glass with fresh ice and serve with the sprig of mint.

  • Cucumbers, scallions and sprigs of cilantro are the finishing touches.

  • Bartleson even goes so far as to pack in some foliage, like a sprig of evergreen, that she’ll place in the corner of the shot to help frame the subject.

  • It rocks because their recipes are straight-up, no pretentions, no useless sprig of rosemary.

  • Even the celebrated shot of Uncle Paulie cutting garlic with a razor blade has a sprig of parsley in the foreground.

  • Nur looked like a kind little old man, and he wore a sprig of wild thyme in his hood.

  • I have written at least a dozen about this cavern, and I've described it without even forgetting a single sprig of moss.

  • It appeared that the fact of her having been the landlady of the Holly Sprig made no difference in his case.

  • Delicate, refined, perfectly poised, and Kitty beside her like a sunflower to a sprig of heliotrope!

  • Then Marie began to explain, telling all about the candles, the sprig of box and the face of the corpse.