twig
🇺🇸
/twɪɡ/
🇬🇧
/twɪɡ/
A small, thin branch coming off a larger branch on a tree or bush.
I carefully picked up the fallen twig from the forest floor.
我仔细地从森林地面上捡起了一根掉落的细枝。
To suddenly understand or realize something.
It took me a while to twig that he was actually joking.
我花了一会儿时间才意识到他其实是在开玩笑。