twitch
vi. 急拉, 抽搐, 阵痛 vt. 急拉, 攫取, 抽动 n. 急拉, 抽搐, 阵痛
发音
词形变化
释义与例句
-
1.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
抽搐
可数 不可数I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.
-
2.
Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
可数 非正式 不可数 -
3.
A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
可数 不可数 动物学 体育 -
4.
A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
可数 不可数 医学 -
5.
The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
可数 不可数 商务 采矿 -
6.
A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
可数 不可数 生物 动物学 -
1.
couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
不可数
-
1.
To perform a twitch; spasm.
抽搐
不及物His fingers were nervously twitching.
-
2.
To cause to twitch; spasm.
及物 -
3.
To jerk sharply and briefly.
及物to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention
-
4.
To exert oneself.
废旧 -
5.
To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
及物 生物 动物学 -
6.
To engage in twitching.
不及物 生物 动物学
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).
来源：wiktionary