0 (to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to:
2 a sudden small, usually unintentional, movement of a part of the body:
3 a sudden light pull or movement
4 to make a short and sudden movement, or to cause part of your body to move suddenly:
The contractions were not immediate, with muscle fibres twitching for up to 15 s prior to contraction.
As the smoke wafts my way, my nostrils begin twitching, my throat becomes parched, and my resulting cough wakes me up.
If one twitches a muscle in the face, one spends £1 million.
I twitched a little when he said that.
Twitching movements, however, suggest that one is much more likely to be dealing with a live body than a dead one.
His father describes twitching about his eyes and head and so on, showing his nerves have broken down.
Patients can suffer transitory visual problems, grand or petit mal seizures, and involuntary tics or muscle twitches.
Twitches observed by the doctor who examined the foetus and by other eye-witnesses could not constitute signs of life.
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顫動, (使)抽搐, (使)抽動…
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颤动, (使)抽搐, (使)抽动…
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contraer(se) involuntariamente, movimiento involuntario, sacudirse…
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contrair-se, crispar-se, contração muscular…
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ぴくぴく動く, 引きつる, ぴくぴく動くこと…
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seğirmek, titremek, anî hareket etmek…
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s’agiter de manière convulsive, tic [masculine], saccade [feminine]…
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contreure(‘s) nerviosament, moviment involuntari, tic…
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