English Dictionary

twitch

IPA（発音記号）

/twɪt͡ʃ/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 廃用

(intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm. / (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm. / (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly. / (obsolete) To exert oneself.

日本語の意味

【自動詞】痙攣する、けいれんする、ビクッと震える / 【他動詞】～を痙攣させる、ビクッとさせる、急激に短く動かす / 【古語】（用法は古い）力を振るう、身をよじる

During the movie, his eye began to twitch.

映画の間、彼の目がぴくっと動き始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.

His fingers were nervously twitching.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.

Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses...

意味（3）

(transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.

to twitch somebody's sleeve for attention

意味（4）

(obsolete) To exert oneself.

意味（5）

(transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.

The Birdwatchers Handbook ... will be a clear asset to those who 'twitch' in Europe.

twitches （ present singular third-person ）

twitching （ participle present ）

twitched （ participle past ）

twitched （ past ）