twining
/twahy-ning/US // ˈtwaɪ nɪŋ //
缠绕,缠绕的,缠绕式,缠绵
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Nathan Farragut, 1897–1982, U.S. Air Force general: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1957–60.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounrope, cord
Forms: twined
Synonyms
Antonyms
verbcoil, twist together
Forms: twined
Examples
In the twining of English holly and Western pine upon the great English novelist's grave the poet expresses a happy thought.
She threw off her blanket of green, and purple, and white, and stretched her twining arms to him.
He found his way past the outer wall, through the open gate where the weeds were already twining.
Over all swayed a few aged cypresses, an oleander thicket, ferns, and the twining wild vine.
"It would bring my mother into this," he objected, twining his fingers about each other and shuffling his feet.
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