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单词 twiggy
释义

twig

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noun (1)

ˈtwig How to pronounce twig (audio)
1
: a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves
2
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
twigged
ˈtwigd How to pronounce twig (audio)
adjective
twiggy
ˈtwi-gē How to pronounce twig (audio)
adjective

twig

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verb

twigged; twigging

transitive verb

1
: notice, observe
2
: to understand the meaning of : comprehend

intransitive verb

: to gain a grasp : understand
twigged instinctively about things H. E. Bates

twig

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noun (2)

British
: fashion, style

Synonyms

Verb

  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • assimilate
  • behold
  • catch
  • catch on (to)
  • cognize
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • conceive
  • cotton (to or on to)
  • decipher
  • decode
  • dig
  • discern
  • get
  • grasp
  • grok
  • intuit
  • know
  • make
  • make out
  • perceive
  • recognize
  • register
  • savvy
  • see
  • seize
  • sense
  • tumble (to)
  • understand
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Example Sentences

Verb He seemed confused until he twigged that something was going on. I had to explain it to him three times but he finally twigged.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English twigge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zwīg twig, Old English twā two

Verb

perhaps from Irish & Scottish Gaelic tuig- understand

Noun (2)

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1764, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

circa 1811, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

twig

noun

ˈtwig How to pronounce twig (audio)
: a small shoot or branch

Medical Definition

twig

noun

ˈtwig How to pronounce twig (audio)
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
twigs of sensory nerves in the skin Lynda Charters

twiggy

adjective

as in wiry

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • wiry
  • willowy
  • reedy
  • weedy
  • spidery
  • stringy
  • waspish
  • thin
  • slender
  • lean
  • scrawny
  • skinny
  • spindly
  • racy
  • gaunt
  • scraggy
  • bony
  • slim
  • lanky
  • lank
  • angular
  • rawboned
  • boney
  • gangling
  • gangly
  • spare
  • rangy
  • spindling
  • spindle-legged
  • spindle-shanked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stubby
  • chubby
  • stumpy
  • chunky
  • pudgy
  • stocky
  • beefy
  • bulky
  • sturdy
  • stout
  • thickset
  • squat
  • weighty
  • heavyset
  • fleshy
  • plump
  • tubby
  • fat
  • rotund
  • corpulent
  • round
  • overweight
  • obese
  • full
  • portly
  • gross
  • muscle-bound
  • roly-poly
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