Twig

(verb.) branch out in a twiglike manner; 'The lightning bolt twigged in several directions'.

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• When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• On a twig, making up his mind to hop! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She picked up a twig of the catkin, piqued by Birkin's attention to it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The adults stood aloft upon their toes and their mighty tails, their talons pruning every available leaf and twig. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Take this myrtle, said Helena, tossing him a twig across the table, and sing to it in the Greek fashion. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• One day as they were walking along the lane, they saw a robin sitting on the top twig of a bush, singing shrilly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Let us picture a body of still water with a twig floating upon its surface. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The atmosphere was grey and translucent, the birds sang sharply on the young twigs, the earth would be quickening and hastening in growth. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• We were all cutting twigs and branches. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• She was sullenly picking and pulling at the twigs of the hedge as she passed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It would be a fallacy to entertain such a thought, for the little stars out-number the big ones, and the twigs of the tree are far more numerous than its branches. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• As far aloft as I could see the stems and branches and twigs were as smooth and as highly polished as the newest of American-made pianos. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• For a moment Sabor hung half across the branch, while Tarzan mocked, and hurled twigs and branches at her unprotected face. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I could see twigs on the willow bush. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Twigging of me, Sam! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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