sprig

英 [sprɪɡ]

美 [sprɪɡ]

n.  (烹饪或装饰用)带叶小枝
v.  用小枝装饰; 加小枝花样; 用钉子钉; 使草蔓生; 钉扁头钉

复数：sprigs　过去式：sprigged　现在分词：sprigging　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20030 / COCA.10342

牛津词典

noun

• （烹饪或装饰用）带叶小枝
  a small stem with leaves on it from a plant or bush, used in cooking or as a decoration
  1. a sprig of parsley/holly/heather
     一小枝欧芹 / 冬青 / 帚石楠

柯林斯词典

• (尤指烹饪或装饰用的)带叶小枝
  Asprigis a small stem with leaves on it which has been picked from a bush or plant, especially so that it can be used in cooking or as a decoration.

英英释义

noun

• an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
• a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division)
  Synonym:branchlettwig

双语例句

• There were the towering lilac bushes, so laden with the huge flower clusters. Carefully, the young woman chose a sprig here, another one there.
  那里有高耸的丁香花，上面开满了硕大的串串花束。年轻女人小心翼翼地从这儿摘一枝，在那儿挑一束。
• Study on bio-ecological characteristics of Platanus acerifolia in blooming and bearing ⅰ Flower buds 'development and distribution on crown and sprig
  悬铃木开花结实生物生态学特性研究Ⅰ花芽分化分布规律
• Carefully, she chose a sprig here, another one there, and clipped them with her husband's pocket knife.
  她小心翼翼地从这儿摘一枝，那儿挑一束，然后用丈夫的袖珍小刀将它们剪下来。
• And the number of plants sprig showed a best performance under adequate irrigation, which existed a significant differences between other processings.
  在充足灌溉下的植株小枝数表现最好，且与其它处理间差异极显著。控水持续时间对小枝数的影响表现为7d21d14d。
• Garnish with a parsley sprig and enjoy with a glass of red.
  用欧芹装饰，再配一杯红葡萄酒。
• Sometimes a garnish anda condiment will be used together to finish the presentation of a dish, forexample an entr é ecould be topped with a sauce and then a sprig of parsley would be added as a garnish.
  有时，饰菜和调料会同时用来完成上碟，比如，在主菜上浇盖酱汁然后加上小西芹枝叶作为饰菜。
• He wore a sprig of lilac in his buttonhole.
  他在他的钮扣上戴著一个紫丁香的小花枝。
• If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish.
  如果是小萝卜或是玫瑰的嫩苗，就让它去自由地生长。
• We went to the cemetery with my daughter and found a sprig of acacia on the grave.
  我和女儿去墓地的时候发现墓前放着一段小树枝和一朵金合欢。
• He wore a sprig of lilac in his button hole.
  他在钮孔上面插了一小枝丁香。