tendril

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantstendrilten‧dril /ˈtendrəl/ noun [countable] 1 HBPa thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support2 literaryHBH a thin curling piece of hairExamples from the Corpustendril• Fingered through permed or curly hair, they give more definition to curls and tendrils.• He also has an incredible view for 360 degrees, ideal for watching wildlife and tendrils of smoke.• Damp affects down particularly badly causing the fluffy tendrils to clog together and lose the ability to insulate.• She pushed back the warm honeyed tendrils of her hair from her neck, allowing a tantalising breeze to fan her skin.• She lit a cigarette and the smoke curled in tendrils around her face.• But sometimes they used lashings of rattan, a jungle plant which threw out long tendrils that made natural bindings.• The most extreme complication seems to lie in the tendrils, which can meander most wildly.• Bugs creep around him through the tendrils and quite near a thrush is singing.Origin tendril (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon “tendon, tendril”, from Medieval Latin tendo; → TENDON

单词	tendril
释义	tendril From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantstendrilten‧dril /ˈtendrəl/ noun [countable] 1 HBPa thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support2 literaryHBH a thin curling piece of hairExamples from the Corpustendril• Fingered through permed or curly hair, they give more definition to curls and tendrils.• He also has an incredible view for 360 degrees, ideal for watching wildlife and tendrils of smoke.• Damp affects down particularly badly causing the fluffy tendrils to clog together and lose the ability to insulate.• She pushed back the warm honeyed tendrils of her hair from her neck, allowing a tantalising breeze to fan her skin.• She lit a cigarette and the smoke curled in tendrils around her face.• But sometimes they used lashings of rattan, a jungle plant which threw out long tendrils that made natural bindings.• The most extreme complication seems to lie in the tendrils, which can meander most wildly.• Bugs creep around him through the tendrils and quite near a thrush is singing.Origin tendril (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon “tendon, tendril”, from Medieval Latin tendo; → TENDON
随便看	see about something see above see above/below see against see and be seen see around see as see as see below see coming see coming see coming a mile off see do see doing see double see etc in context see eye to eye see fit see fit to do see for what it is see for what they are see how etc see how etc see how etc see how it goes how things go