twig

• vi. 理解する
• vt.理解する
• n. 小枝、芽、先端

古英語のtwig、小枝、枝、原ゲルマン語の*twigga、フォーク、叉、PIE *dwo、2、語源的には2と同じから。

twig

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."

1. He shifted his weight and a twig snapped.

彼は体の重心を少しずらして、枝がカチッと折れた。

2.As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined.

小さい頃から針を盗んで、大きくなって金を盗んだ。

3.The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.

細い枝が突然折れた耳障りな音がアナグマを驚かせた。

4.He broke off the twig with a snap.

彼はその枝をぱちぱちと折った。

5.He heard the sharp crack of a twig .

彼は木の枝の脆い破断音を聞いた。