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twine

/twahyn/US // twaɪn //UK // (twaɪn) //

麻绳,麻线,缠绕,绳索

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
    • : an act of twining, twisting, or interweaving.
    • : a coiled or twisted object or part; convolution.
    • : a twist or turn in anything.
    • : a knot or tangle.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    twined, twin·ing.

    • : to twist together; interwind; interweave.
    • : to form by or as by twisting together: to twine a wreath.
    • : to twist with another; interlace.
    • : to insert with a twisting or winding motion: He twined his fingers in his hair.
    • : to clasp or enfold around something else; place by or as if by winding: She twined her arms about the sculpture and carried it away.
    • : to cause to be encircled with something else; wreathe; wrap: They twined the arch with flowers.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    twined, twin·ing.

    • : to wind about something; twist itself in spirals: Strangling vines twined about the tree.
    • : to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.

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Examples

  • The empties then accumulated waiting to be recycled, held together with twine.

  • Coburn says twine has found a sweet spot with big corporate event programs.

  • To date, twine’s events customers have included names like Microsoft, Amazon, Forrester and others, and the service is on track to do $1 million in bookings in 2021, the company says.

  • Malina Busch’s gold-heavy abstraction on paper is bound in red twine so that it bends into three-dimensionality.

  • It’s a title that twines usefully with the John Grisham novel, if only to suggest that the British monarchy is both organized and a crime — at least to the hopes, sensibilities and perhaps even the survivability of its occupants.

  • Attaching food with skewers, toothpicks, fishing line, and twine.

  • It might be on a closet shelf or perhaps in the attic, wrapped tightly in thick twine.

  • Twine dispenser:  This is sort of a medium-advanced chef gift.

  • She had a small cardboard sign of her own hanging by some twine from her neck.

  • Henry Burns passed him the box, and with nervous fingers the banker broke the twine with which the boys had secured it.

  • And I was fully dressed and it seemed as if all the tender parts of my body were tied up with twine.

  • When the twine that holds your two-piece Rod together has been thoroughly wet, then when dry, and before using it again, wax well.

  • The lad "broke" each of the four pistols, picked up a piece of twine and strung them together through each trigger-guard.

  • Landing nets round or square, are made of strong silk or best water twine cord.

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