tendril
n.卷须,蔓,卷须状之物
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tendril为短语/超纲词汇
词根
tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)
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tendril
/'tendrəl; `tɛndrəl/
n thread-like part of a climbingplant (eg ivy) by which it clings to a support (攀缘植物如常春藤的)卷须.
tendril
n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon 'tendon, tendril', from Medieval Latin tendo; TENDON]
a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support
literary a thin curling piece of hair