twitch

英 [twɪtʃ]

美 [twɪtʃ]

v.  痉挛; 抽搐; 抽动; 急拉; 猛拽; 猛地被扯动
n.  痉挛; 抽搐; 抽动; 闪动; 晃动; 急拉; (一阵)感觉

过去式：twitched　现在分词：twitching　第三人称单数：twitches　复数：twitches　过去分词：twitched　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9136 / COCA.9281

牛津词典

verb

• 痉挛；抽搐；抽动
  if a part of your body twitches , or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control
  1. Her lips twitched with amusement.
     她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。
  2. The cats watched each other, their tails twitching.
     两只猫晃动着尾巴彼此对视着。
• 急拉；猛拽；猛地被扯动
  to give sth a short sharp pull; to be pulled in this way
  1. He twitched the package out of my hands.
     他猛地从我手中拽走了包裹。
  2. The curtains twitched as she rang the bell.
     她按铃时窗帘被猛地拉动了一下。

noun

• 痉挛；抽搐；抽动
  a sudden quick movement that you cannot control in one of your muscles
  1. She has a twitch in her left eye.
     她左眼跳了一下。
  2. a nervous twitch
     神经质的抽动
• 闪动；晃动；急拉；（一阵）感觉
  a sudden quick movement or feeling
  1. He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head.
     他只晃了一下头算是和我们打过招呼。
  2. At that moment she felt the first twitch of anxiety.
     那一刻她第一次感到一阵焦虑。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)(尤指身体部位)抽搐;(使)抽动;急拉;急扯
  If something, especially a part of your body,twitchesor if youtwitchit, it makes a little jumping movement.
  1. When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch...
     当我作出反抗时，她右侧脸庞就会开始抽搐。
  2. His left eyelid twitched involuntarily…
     他的左眼皮不由自主地跳动。
  3. As they turned to leave, they saw the curtains twitch in the house next door…
     当他们转身要离开时，他们看到隔壁房子的窗帘被猛地扯了一下。
  4. Stern twitched his shoulders.
     斯特恩抖动着肩膀。
  5. Twitchis also a noun.
     
  6. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.
     他身体出现了神经性抽搐，开始不停地眨眼睛。

英英释义

noun

• a sudden muscle spasm
  Synonym:twitchingvellication

verb

• make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
  1. his face is twitching
  Synonym:jerk
• move or pull with a sudden motion
• squeeze tightly between the fingers
  1. He pinched her behind
  2. She squeezed the bottle
  Synonym:pinchsqueezetwingetweetnip
• move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
  1. The patient's legs were jerkings
  Synonym:jerk
• toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
  Synonym:flip

双语例句

• He gave his mother's skirt a twitch.
  他猛拉了一下母亲的裙子。
• He felt a twitch at his watch chain.
  他感觉到有人扯了一下他的表链。
• The animal's whiskers began to twitch.
  那动物的须开始抽动。
• As they turned to leave, they saw the curtains twitch in the house next door
  当他们转身要离开时，他们看到隔壁房子的窗帘被猛地扯了一下。
• Light twitch of muscle, blood vessels or skin.
  肌肉、血管和皮肤的轻微抽动。
• Ralph felt his lips twitch.
  拉尔夫感到他的嘴唇在抽搐。
• He lay still for 12 minutes, perfectly immobile except for the twitch of a pinkie.
  他静静地躺了12分钟，除了小指抽动了一下，完全保持静止。
• She may twitch her tail or even lash it from side to side.
  她也许是抽动尾巴，甚至将尾巴摆来摆去。
• His foot gave a sudden twitch.
  他的脚突然抽搐了一下。
• Stern twitched his shoulders.
  斯特恩抖动着肩膀。