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
If one law is changed, then people will later want to change other laws.
要是变更了一条法律,那么人们还会要变更别的法律的。
Now the manager has found that things are missing.
现在,经理已发现有东西丢失。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.