198. Sprig - CPE Nouns

Sprig : (요리용·장식용으로 쓰는) 잔가지, 잔잎, 순, (혈통/가문의)한 줄기

 

1)

A sprig is a little stem of plant, but the tip bit that you break off 

A sprig is a small shoot from the tip of a plant

A sprig of parsley

He decorated his dish with a sprig of parsley

I pick little sprigs of different herbs to decorated the plate

a sprig of basil

a sprig of thyme 

a sprig of laurel

a sprig of bay

a sprig of mint

You could decorate a chrismas tree with sprigs of holly 

It is just a liitle piece 

related to a twig, but slightly different , twig is a small thin branch from a tree, it is a piece of wood, not leave

 

2) 

He is a sprig of the lineage of descent of somebody, a line of genealogy or genealogical tree

 

 

Formality : 5

 

 

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