单词 | tic |
释义 | tic (tɪk ) Word forms: tics countable noun If someone has a tic, a part of their face or body keeps making a small uncontrollable movement, for example because they are tired or have a nervous illness. ...people with nervous tics. She developed a tic in her left eye. Synonyms: twitch, jerk, spasm Collocations: verbal tic Next comes the verbal tic whereby they are limited to being able to use only arcane words and phrases. Times, Sunday Times But it's the verbal tic of the tournament, for me. Times, Sunday Times Sure, it's just a verbal tic that some people, mostly academics to be fair, have got into. Times, Sunday Times And, of course, his liberal swearing, which he slips into every sentence like a verbal tic. Times, Sunday Times They also share a gesture (a fi st placed, thumb fi rst, against the solar plexus, and pushed away, repeatedly, for emphasis), and an odd verbal tic. Times, Sunday Times Sitting with him, you do have to acclimatise to some startling gestures and a range of never-ending vocal tics. Times,Sunday Times His main symptoms are motor tics, where he makes involuntary movements, and vocal tics, where he makes grunting sounds and sometimes shouts out things. Times, Sunday Times Examples of vocal tics include grunting, whistling, tongue clicking, animal sounds, saying random words and phrases and swearing. Times, Sunday Times Evidence of motor tics was found lacking and the notion that involuntary vocal tics are transferred to the written form was labeled problematic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was considered the band's most experimental statement thus far, using silence as a pre-chorus, clashing keyboards, moody brass and vocal tics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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