twitch的词源

英文词源

twitch

twitch: see twig

twitch (v.)

late 12c., to-twic-chen "pull apart with a quick jerk," related to Old English twiccian "to pluck, gather, catch hold of," from Proto-Germanic *twikjon- (cognates: Low German twicken, Dutch twikken, Old High German gizwickan, German zwicken "to pinch, tweak"). Related: Twitched; twitching.

twitch (n.)

1520s, from twitch (v.).

中文词源

twitch：急拉，抽搐，紧张，痉挛

来自古英语 twiccian,拉，掐，拔出，词源同 tweak.拼写比较 bake,batch.引申词义急拉，抽搐， 痉挛等。

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