twitch
英 [tw?t?]
美[tw?t?]
- n. 抽搐；抽動；痙攣；陣痛
- vi. 抽搐；抽動；陣痛
- vt. 使抽動；攫??；猛拉
CET6+TEM8低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?twitches;過去式:?twitched;過去分詞:?twitched;現(xiàn)在分詞:?twitching;
助記提示
1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.
2. 扭東西時其實就是兩端朝兩個相反的方向轉(zhuǎn)動，所以意思就是由此引申而來的。
3. 諧音“腿抽、腿扯”----腿部抽動、抽搐。
2. 扭東西時其實就是兩端朝兩個相反的方向轉(zhuǎn)動，所以意思就是由此引申而來的。
3. 諧音“腿抽、腿扯”----腿部抽動、抽搐。
中文詞源
twitch 急拉，抽搐，緊張，痙攣
來自古英語 twiccian,拉，掐，拔出，詞源同 tweak.拼寫比較 bake,batch.引申詞義急拉，抽搐， 痙攣等。
英文詞源
- twitch
- twitch: see twig
- twitch (v.)
- late 12c., to-twic-chen "pull apart with a quick jerk," related to Old English twiccian "to pluck, gather, catch hold of," from Proto-Germanic *twikjon- (cognates: Low German twicken, Dutch twikken, Old High German gizwickan, German zwicken "to pinch, tweak"). Related: Twitched; twitching.
- twitch (n.)
- 1520s, from twitch (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.
- 他身體出現(xiàn)了神經(jīng)性抽搐，開始不停地眨眼睛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch.
- 當(dāng)我作出反抗時，她右側(cè)臉龐就會開始抽搐。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. As they turned to leave, they saw the curtains twitch in the house next door.
- 當(dāng)他們轉(zhuǎn)身要離開時，他們看到隔壁房子的窗簾被猛地扯了一下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
- 我注意到了一些細(xì)節(jié)：頭的往下一沉，肩膀的突然顫動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait.
- 如果幾分鐘沒有魚上鉤,我就提起釣竿晃動一下魚餌.
來自柯林斯例句