twitch
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.
Đồng nghĩa: tic
- 2.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
Đồng nghĩa: barnacle
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)(physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)(mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)(birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- 7.
(uncountable)couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To perform a twitch; spasm.
His fingers were nervously twitching.
- 2.
(transitive)To cause to twitch; spasm.
- 3.
(transitive)To jerk sharply and briefly.
to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention
- 4.
(obsolete)To exert oneself.
- 5.
(transitive)(birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- 6.
(intransitive)(birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
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From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from *twikkijan (to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch).