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twig

/twig/US // twɪg //UK // (twɪɡ) //

小树枝,枝条,枝桠,小枝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
    • : a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
    • : a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs.
    • : Anatomy. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.

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Examples

  • It was his unifying work that pruned all these twigs of knowledge into a single coherent and lovely tree — one that’s borne fruit for generations of scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

  • The Solo Stove Lite Stove is a stainless steel contraption that pulls in air through the holes in its base to help the sticks and twigs inside combust.

  • Two of my neighbors use those blowers that blow leaves and debris out into the street, but unfortunately they don't bag the leaves and twigs.

  • These insects, however, belong on a nearby — but different — twig of the insect evolutionary tree.

  • These ethanol-susceptible twigs sprout quite different animals.

  • Not even the tiniest twig from a tree falls unnoticed in this media forest.

  • Suddenly, we hear the sound of a twig cracking; all three men look around anxiously, particularly JASON.

  • To drop on one knee and level his piece was the work of an instant, but unfortunately he snapped a dry twig in doing so.

  • He clutches at a sharp point of rock here, or a twig there; but if it is not as safe as he believed, woe unto him!

  • There was a quiet, cynical smile on his face as he sat there beating a tattoo on his leggings with a hickory twig.

  • Burn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.

  • Not a twig broke as they crept up the side of the deep ravine and looked out at the herd.