tendril
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
— The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]
- A hair-like tentacle.
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Anything shaped like a tendril or coil.
— Her blond hair was tied into a half up, half down style with face-framing tendrils.
形容词 adj.
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Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining.
— Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.
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词源
词源 1
From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)).
词源 2
From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)).
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