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Making short, sudden movements
twitchverb(PULL)
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to give something asuddenlightpull:
急拉；轻拉；拉扯
You'llfeelsomething twitch thelinewhen you get afish.鱼上钩时，你会感到有东西在轻轻拉钓鱼线。
curtains twitch
UKinformaldisapproving
If you say thatcurtainstwitch, youmeanthat someone is veryinterestedin whattheirneighbours(=peoplewholivenear them)are doing andtriestofindout bylookingout of thewindowwithout beingseen:
It iseasytoimaginethecurtainstwitchingfuriouslywhen ayoungcouplemovedinto theareaandrefusedtocliptheirhedges.
The contractions were not immediate, with muscle fibres twitching for up to 15 s prior to contraction.
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As the smoke wafts my way, my nostrils begin twitching, my throat becomes parched, and my resulting cough wakes me up.
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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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