n. 小枝, 细枝

vt. 懂得, 了解

vi. 懂得, 了解

[医] 小支(神经或动脉)

Twig \Twig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twigging}.] [Cf. {Tweak}.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]


Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.

2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. ``Now
twig him; now mind him.'' --Foote.

As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged something there which you had half a mind to
conceal. --Hawthorne.


Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G.
zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.

The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir T.
Raleigh.

{Twig borer} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer ({Amphicerus bicaudatus}).

{Twig girdler}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Girdler}, 3.

{Twig rush} (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus {Cladium}
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See {Saw grass}, under {Saw}.


Twig \Twig\, v. t.
To beat with twigs.