twitches

英 [ˈtwɪtʃɪz]

美 [ˈtwɪtʃɪz]

v.  痉挛; 抽搐; 抽动; 急拉; 猛拽; 猛地被扯动
twitch的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)(尤指身体部位)抽搐;(使)抽动;急拉;急扯
  If something, especially a part of your body,twitchesor if youtwitchit, it makes a little jumping movement.
  1. 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。
  2. His left eyelid twitched involuntarily…
     他的左眼皮不由自主地跳动。
  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。
  4. Stern twitched his shoulders.
     斯特恩抖动着肩膀。
  5. Twitchis also a noun.
     
  6. 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。

双语例句

• Animals see in the dark, sniff prey miles away, and detect electrical output from muscle twitches in hidden meals.
  在自然界中，有些动物能在黑暗中看清物体；有些动物能在几公里外就闻到猎物的气味；
• If your dog paces and your cat twitches, make other plans.
  如果你的宠物狗来回不停地踱步，或者你的宠物猫不停地抽搐，那么请你改变计划吧。
• "Make no mistake" is one of Obama's verbal twitches, and it's as much a prayer as a preface.
  别出错是奥巴马挂在口头上的话之一，这话更像是祈祷，而不是做什么事之前的嘱咐。
• Just a really bad case of eye twitches.
  只是有点棘手眼睛老跳。
• Olivia's face convulsed in a series of twitches
  奥利维娅的脸上一阵抽搐。
• So the bugs have learned to gently pluck the silk strands, to mimic only the unthreatening leg twitches of exhausted prey.
  因此，食虫椿象学会了小心翼翼地振动蜘蛛网，以模仿小腿抽搐、精疲力尽因而毫无威胁的猎物。
• He twitched his shoulder as Juno twitches hers.
  他扭动他的肩膀，像约诺女神①在扭动她的肩膀似的。
• Whatever the impact, it would be a mistake to confuse the twitches of an economy on life-support with a lasting recovery.
  但不管影响有多大，将苟延残喘的经济的几阵痉挛误认为是持久的复苏都是一个错误。
• No response, just a flutter of flanks and a few ear twitches.
  驴群没有回应，只有一阵侧腹部的抖动，还有少数几只的耳朵抽搐了几下。
• Later studies revealed the horse was responding to subtle twitches and changes in posture of its owner.
  后来的研究显示了这匹马能对主人肌肉微妙的抽动和姿式的变化做出反应。