twig
要点小枝
意味
- 小枝,細枝(branch よりさらに分かれた枝をいう)
- …を悟る,がわかる
例文
He cut a twig from the tree with his knife.
彼はナイフでその木の小枝を切り取った。
The tree has too many twigs and branches.
その木は大枝小枝が茂りすぎている。
Can you build a fire with twigs?
小枝で火はおこせますか。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *twīgą Proto-West Germanic *twīg Old English twiġ Middle English twig English twig From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dwigʰom, from *dwóh₁. More at two.