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词汇 twitch
释义 twitch
verb
uk /twɪtʃ/ us /twɪtʃ/

twitchverb (MOVE SLIGHTLY)


[ I or T ]
(to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to: (使)抽搐;(使)抽动;(使)颤动
He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.他试图忍住笑,但感到嘴角在抽动。
She twitched her nose like a rabbit.她像兔子一样抽动了一下鼻子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Making short, sudden movements

twitchverb (PULL)


[ T ]
to give something a sudden light pull: 急拉;轻拉;拉扯
You'll feel something twitch the line when you get a fish.鱼上钩时,你会感到有东西在轻轻拉钓鱼线。
 curtains twitch
UKinformaldisapproving
If you say that curtains twitch, you mean that someone is very interested in what their neighbours(= people who live near them) are doing and tries to find out by looking out of the window without being seen:
It is easy to imagine the curtains twitching furiously when a young couple moved into the area and refused to clip their hedges.
 twitch (the/your) curtains
UKinformaldisapproving
to be very interested in what your neighbours(= people who live near you) are doing and try to find out by looking out of the window without being seen:
Who needs to twitch curtains, when the neighbours are performing on the front lawn with spotlights and a backing band?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Pulling
draft
drag
drag someone away
draw something up
haul
heave
heave-ho
heft
hitch something up
pull at something
reel
reel something in/out
retract
retractable
suck
tow
traction
wrench
wrest
yank
twitch
noun[ C ]
uk /twɪtʃ/ us /twɪtʃ/

twitchnoun[C] (UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT)


a sudden small, usually unintentional, movement of a part of the body: 抽搐;抽动;颤动
I have a twitch in the corner of my eye.我的眼角在跳。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
flick
jar
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
quake
quiver
recoil
shaky
shook
shudder
squirm
toss
whip

twitchnoun[C] (PULL)


a sudden light pull or movement急拉;轻拉;拉扯
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Pulling
draft
drag
drag someone away
draw something up
haul
heave
heave-ho
heft
hitch something up
pull at something
reel
reel something in/out
retract
retractable
suck
tow
traction
wrench
wrest
yank

twitch | American Dictionary


twitch
verb[ I/T ]
us/twɪtʃ/
to make a short and sudden movement, or to cause part of your body to move suddenly:
[ I ]She saw his mouth twitch into a little smile that disappeared almost at once.

twitch


noun[ C ]us/twɪtʃ/
She signalled with a twitch of her finger.

Examples of twitch


twitch
The contractions were not immediate, with muscle fibres twitching for up to 15 s prior to contraction.
As the smoke wafts my way, my nostrils begin twitching, my throat becomes parched, and my resulting cough wakes me up.
If one twitches a muscle in the face, one spends £1 million.
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I twitched a little when he said that.
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Twitching movements, however, suggest that one is much more likely to be dealing with a live body than a dead one.
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His father describes twitching about his eyes and head and so on, showing his nerves have broken down.
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Patients can suffer transitory visual problems, grand or petit mal seizures, and involuntary tics or muscle twitches.
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Twitches observed by the doctor who examined the foetus and by other eye-witnesses could not constitute signs of life.
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I knew that there was no aggression coming from him, because his moustache was not twitching.
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I only wish that every time he twitched his face he would spend another £1 million.
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In his contribution, those interests extended to twitching and to classical and literary references.
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Each muscle fibre begins twitching independently, and in some cases one single muscle impulse gets loose, so to speak, and courses round and round the heart.
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The veteran also had a problem with his knee and, while under general anaesthetic, had experienced muscle twitching which his orthopaedic surgeon thought should be further investigated.
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He used his bristling moustache to express all kinds of emotion by twitching or moving it.
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Other symptoms may include tingling of the skin (paresthesias), prolonged muscle spasms, weakness in the limbs, nerve pain, muscle twitching, palpitations, and functional bowel disturbances.
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