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单词 fits and starts
释义

fit2 /fit/

noun
  1. An attack of illness, esp epilepsy
  2. A convulsion or paroxysm
  3. A temporary attack or outburst of anything, eg laughter
  4. A sudden effort or motion
  5. A mood or passing humour
  6. The approach of death (Spenser)
  7. A painful experience (Spenser)
  8. A crisis (obsolete)
intransitive verb

To suffer an epileptic fit

transitive verb (Shakespeare)

To wrench or cause to start with a sudden movement

ORIGIN: OE fitt a struggle

fitˈful adjective

  1. Marked by sudden impulses
  2. Unpredictably intermittent
  3. Spasmodic

fitˈfully adverb

fitˈfulness noun

fit of the face (obsolete)

A grimace

fits and starts

Spasmodic and irregular bursts of activity

have or throw a fit

  1. To suffer a fit
  2. To become very angry (informal)

in fits

Laughing uncontrollably

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