twitch

/twɪtʃ/

意味: ぴくっと動く

例文: Momo’s ear twitched at the sound.
　　  モモの耳がその音でぴくっと動いた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: eye twitch(目の痙攣), muscle twitch(筋肉の痙攣), twitch reflex(痙攣反射)

定義: 体の一部が急に小さく動くこと。例えば、筋肉や目が自分の意志とは関係なくピクピク動くことを指します。

twitchは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
Verb: make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
Verb: move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
Verb: toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Verb: squeeze tightly between the fingers
Verb: move or pull with a sudden motion

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

His eye began to twitch uncontrollably.(彼の目が止まらずにピクピク動き始めた。)
She watched the cat twitch its tail slowly.(彼女は猫がゆっくり尾をピクピク動かすのを見た。)
The muscle twitch caused sudden discomfort during exercise.(運動中に筋肉がピクッと痙攣して不快だった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: his face is twitching
Verb: The patient’s legs were jerkings
Verb: He pinched her behind
Verb: She squeezed the bottle

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): flip, jerk, nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch, twitching, vellication

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): grip, move, move involuntarily, pull, spasm

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abduct, adduct, arouse, assume, attract, beat, bite, blepharospasm, bob, bolt, brush, buck, bustle, cant, careen, charley horse, chop, churn, climb, close, crash, crick, cut, cut to, dance, diverge, dodge, drag, drop back, duck, exit, falter, fidget, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flow, flurry, fly, get down, grab, gravitate, haul, heave, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, jerk, jolt, jump, linger, list, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, myoclonus, nod, opisthotonos, pinch, pluck, pull back, pulsate, putter, quicken, reach, reciprocate, roll, run, seesaw, separate, shake, shiver, sidle, slip, snap, spread, startle, steal, stir, streak, stretch, strike out, stumble, sweep, swoop, teeter, tenesmus, throw, thunder, trismus, tug, turn, twitch, vibrate, wallow, wamble, whirl, winch, wobble, writer’s cramp, writhe, yank

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): blepharism, fasciculation, fibrillate, fibrillation, goose, skitter, tic, tweak

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: flip, jerk, jerking, nipper, pinch, squeeze, twitch, twitching, vellicate

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画): Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative