spasmodically

1. His wilful hands and feet began to beat and churn about, spasmodically and feebly.
   他顽强的手和脚开始痉挛地微弱地挣扎和划动。
2. Bed load particles move spasmodically, perhaps at long intervals, and are at rest on the stream bed most of the time.
   推移质颗粒多半作间歇运动，而大部分时间则停歇在河床上。
3. Breathe spasmodically, and make a sound.
   发作性地呼吸一次，并会弄出声音。
4. The muscles of the Duke's face jerked spasmodically.
   公爵脸上的肌肉一阵一阵地抽搐着。
5. The orchestra continued to play spasmodically.
   管弦乐队继续时断时续地演奏着。
6. In a white patch of light, where the moon shone through the branches, a man's hand was plucking spasmodically at the grass.
   在月光透过树枝撒下的那一片星星点点的亮光中，一个男人的手正在痉挛地乱抓地上的青草。
7. Tom Slattery owned no slaves, and he and his two oldest boys spasmodically worked their few acres of cotton, while the wife and younger children tended what was supposed to be a vegetable garden.
   汤姆？斯莱特里没有奴隶。他和两个大儿子断断续续地种着那几英亩棉花，老子和几个儿子则照管那块号称菜园的土地。
8. I began to write intermittently and spasmodically.
   我开始断断续续地写了起来。
9. Additive effect genes were spasmodically expressed for the leaf dry matter per plant, but the dominant effect genes for the trait were continuously expressed;
   控制单茎叶干物质重的加性效应基因是间断表达的，显性效应基因是呈连续性的；

adv

1. in spurts and fits
   1. I began to write intermittently and spasmodically

2. with spasms
   1. the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner

   Synonym:    jerkily