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Twig Small Limb English Dutch German N.小枝,嫩枝 英

单词 twig
音标 [twig]
解释 n.小枝,嫩枝
红宝书 【英】 n.小枝,嫩枝(a small shoot or branch without its leaves)
【考】 twig : limb / brook : river(小树枝和树枝/小河 和河流)
【例】 Dry twigs are good to start a fire with. / Do you twig what I'm getting at.
字源 twig (n.)
Old English twig "twig, branch, shoot, small tree," from Proto-Germanic *twigga "a fork" (cognates: Middle Dutch twijch, Dutch twijg, Old High German zwig, German Zweig "branch, twig"), from PIE *dwi-ko-, from *dwo- "two" (see two). Compare Old English twisel "fork, point of division."
不择手段背单词 n. (代表了木本植物生长状况的)小嫩枝
【类】twig: limb = brook: river小树枝和树枝 = 小河和河流
趣味全助记 【记】tree + 音:割,树上割下来的小树枝;理解之意来自grasp 抓住,抓住小树枝;音:吐果,开花吐果,长出嫩枝;音:退 wig 假发,把假发退了,因为头上长出嫩芽,嫩枝了
【相关】sprig 小树枝

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