英语单词
twitch是什么意思
twitch
英 [twɪtʃ]
美 [twɪtʃ]
- n. 抽搐；抽动；痉挛；阵痛
- vi. 抽搐；抽动；阵痛
- vt. 使抽动；攫取；猛拉
助记提示
1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.
2. 扭东西时其实就是两端朝两个相反的方向转动，所以意思就是由此引申而来的。
3. 谐音“腿抽、腿扯”----腿部抽动、抽搐。
2. 扭东西时其实就是两端朝两个相反的方向转动，所以意思就是由此引申而来的。
3. 谐音“腿抽、腿扯”----腿部抽动、抽搐。
中文词源
twitch 急拉，抽搐，紧张，痉挛
来自古英语 twiccian,拉，掐，拔出，词源同 tweak.拼写比较 bake,batch.引申词义急拉，抽搐， 痉挛等。
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
- 我注意到了一些细节：头的往下一沉，肩膀的突然颤动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait.
- 如果几分钟没有鱼上钩,我就提起钓竿晃动一下鱼饵.
来自柯林斯例句