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sprig n. 小树枝,图钉
vt. 用小树枝装饰,用钉子钉上,使蔓生 小树枝,图钉用小树枝装饰,用钉子钉上,使蔓生 sprig n 1: a small branch or division of a branch ( especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [ synonym: { branchlet}, { twig}, { sprig}] 2: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowersSprig \ Sprig\ ( spr[ i^] g), n. [ AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf. { Spray} a branch.] 1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. [ 1913 Webster] A sprig whom I remember, with a whey- face and a satchel, not so many years ago. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A brad, or nail without a head. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. [ 1913 Webster]
Sprig \ Sprig\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sprigged} ( spr[ i^] gd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Sprigging} (- g[ i^] ng).] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. [ 1913 Webster]
Sprigtail \ Sprig" tail`\ ( spr[ i^] g" t[= a] l`), n. ( Zool.) ( a) The pintail duck; -- called also { sprig}, and { spreet- tail}. [ Local, U. S.] ( b) The sharp- tailed grouse. [ Local, U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 68 Moby Thesaurus words for " sprig": adolescent, appendage, arm, baby, bine, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon, deadwood, flagellum, fledgling, fork, frond, hand, hopeful, imp, infant, joint, junior, juvenal, juvenile, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, member, minor, offshoot, organ, pinion, pubescent, ramage, ramification, runner, sapling, sarment, scion, seedling, set, shoot, slip, spear, spray, sprit, sprout, spur, stolon, stripling, sucker, switch, tail, teenager, teener, teenybopper, tendril, thallus, twig, wing, young hopeful, young person, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth
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