twitch
verb/twɪtʃ/
/twɪtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they twitch | /twɪtʃ/ /twɪtʃ/ |
| he / she / it twitches | /ˈtwɪtʃɪz/ /ˈtwɪtʃɪz/ |
| past simple twitched | /twɪtʃt/ /twɪtʃt/ |
| past participle twitched | /twɪtʃt/ /twɪtʃt/ |
| -ing form twitching | /ˈtwɪtʃɪŋ/ /ˈtwɪtʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] twitch (something) if a part of your body twitches, or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden, quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control
痉挛；抽搐；抽动 - Her lips twitched with amusement.
她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。 - The cats watched each other, their tails twitching.
两只猫晃动着尾巴彼此对视着。 - The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
那动物躺在地上，整个身体都在抽搐、抽搐。
Extra Examples- Her fingers twitched nervously.
她的手指神经质地抽搐着。 - His shoulders twitched with suppressed laughter.
他因强忍住笑而肩膀抖动。 - The dog twitched its ears and looked very intently.
那只狗抽动着耳朵，很专注地看着。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- convulsively
- violently
- involuntarily
- …
- in
- with
- Her lips twitched with amusement.
- [transitive, intransitive] twitch (something) to give something a short, sharp pull; to be pulled in this way
急拉；猛拽；猛地被扯动 - He twitched the package out of my hands.
他猛地从我手中拽走了包裹。 - Mark twitched the cigarette from his mouth.
马克抽掉嘴里的香烟。 - The curtains twitched as she rang the bell.
她按铃时窗帘被猛地拉动了一下。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- convulsively
- violently
- involuntarily
- …
- in
- with
- He twitched the package out of my hands.
Word OriginMiddle English: of Germanic origin; related to Old English twiccian ‘to pluck, pull sharply’.