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twining

/twahy-ning/US // ˈtwaɪ nɪŋ //

缠绕,缠绕的,缠绕式,缠绵

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Nathan Farragut, 1897–1982, U.S. Air Force general: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1957–60.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In the twining of English holly and Western pine upon the great English novelist's grave the poet expresses a happy thought.

  • She threw off her blanket of green, and purple, and white, and stretched her twining arms to him.

  • He found his way past the outer wall, through the open gate where the weeds were already twining.

  • Over all swayed a few aged cypresses, an oleander thicket, ferns, and the twining wild vine.

  • "It would bring my mother into this," he objected, twining his fingers about each other and shuffling his feet.