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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典

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Twine (v. i.)

To turn round; to revolve.

Twine (v. i.)

To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

Twined (imp. & p. p.)

of Twine

Twiner (n.)

Any plant which twines about a support.

Twinge (v. i.)

To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

Twinge (v. i.)

To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.

Twinge (v. i.)

To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

Twinge (n.)

A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

Twinge (n.)

A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.

Twinged (imp. & p. p.)

of Twinge

Twinging (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Twinge

Twining (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Twine

Twining (a.)

Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.

Twining (a.)

The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

Twink (v. i.)

To twinkle.

Twink (n.)

A wink; a twinkling.

Twink (n.)

The chaffinch.

Twinkle (v. i.)

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

Twinkle (v. i.)

To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.

Twinkle (n.)

A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.