twig
n
small thin branch that grows out of a larger branch on a shrub or tree 细枝; 嫩枝
They used dry twigs to start the fire. 他们用乾燥的细树枝来引火. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page i.
twig v (-gg-) [I, Tn, Tw]
(Brit infml 口) realize or understand (sth) 意识到, 明白, 理解(某事物)
I gave him another clue, but he still didn't twig (the answer). 我又提示他一次, 他还是不理解(那答案).
I soon twigged who had told them. 我很快就明白了是谁告诉他们的.
🔁 扩展释义
*[twig]n. 小枝, 细枝vt. 懂得, 了解vi. 懂得, 了解【医】 小支(神经或动脉)相关词组: hop the twig
Easy. I'll ask the company for a list of recent customers.
这事容易。我向公司要一份近期顾客的名单就行了。
A few peopple in each group are given the task of remembering the group's family history that goes back over centuries.
每一个家族都有几个人担任记忆延续了几个世纪的家史的任务。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.