twig: English has two separate words twig. The older, ‘small branch’ [OE], which has relatives in German zweig and Dutch tijg, appears to have been formed from the Germanic base *twi- ‘two’, and so etymologically it presumably denotes a ‘forked branch’. The origins of twig ‘catch on, understand’ [18] are uncertain. It may be the same word as the contemporary but now defunct twig ‘pull’. This was presumably related to tweak [17] and twitch [12], which go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *twik-. => tweak, twitch, two
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."
实用例句
1. He shifted his weight and a twig snapped.
他挪了一下身体的重心，一根树枝咔嚓一声断了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined.
从小偷针,长大偷金.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.
