Like a twig — and a twig is one of those thin little woody stems that grow out from a branch. So 'twiggy' describes something very thin, dry-looking and easily snapped.

Like a twig像一根小樹枝，and a twig is one of those thin little woody stems that grow out from a branchtwig指的是從樹枝上長出來的那種細細木質小莖。So 'twiggy' describes something very thin, dry-looking and easily snapped所以「twiggy」形容的是又細又乾、一折就斷的東西。

You use it two ways. About plants and places, it means full of twigs or made of twigs: a twiggy bush in winter, a twiggy nest, twiggy little branches with no leaves left. About people, it means uncomfortably thin — twiggy arms, twiggy legs — and this is not a compliment; it suggests fragile and underfed rather than slim and healthy.

You use it two ways用法有兩種。About plants and places用在植物和地方上時，it means full of twigs or made of twigs指的是長滿細枝或是由細枝構成：a twiggy bush in winter冬天光禿禿都是細枝的灌木、a twiggy nest用細枝築成的鳥巢、twiggy little branches with no leaves left沒有葉子、只剩細枝的小樹枝。About people用在人身上時，it means uncomfortably thin指的是瘦得讓人看了不舒服——twiggy arms, twiggy legs像竹竿一樣的手臂、腿——and this is not a compliment而且這不是稱讚；it suggests fragile and underfed rather than slim and healthy說的是虛弱、營養不良，而不是苗條健康。

It is an everyday describing word, not a formal one, and it appears far more in writing about nature than in conversation.

It is an everyday describing word, not a formal one這是個日常的形容詞，不是正式用字，and it appears far more in writing about nature than in conversation而且出現在描寫大自然的文章裡，遠比出現在對話裡多。