twine
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A twist; a convolution.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)The act of twining or winding round.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music. The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine …
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To weave together.
Đồng nghĩa: betwine, entwine, intertwine, betwine, braid, entwist, entwine, interlace, interthread, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, lace, lock, raddle, ruddle, twine, twist
- 2.
(transitive)To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- 3.
(transitive)To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- 4.
(intransitive)To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
- 5.
(intransitive)To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- 6.
(intransitive)To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
Many plants twine.
- 7.
(obsolete)To turn round; to revolve.
- 8.
(obsolete)To change the direction of.
- 9.
(obsolete)To mingle; to mix.
- 10.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).
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From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen), from *twiʀn (thread, twine), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (double), from *dwóh₁ (two).