spasmodic
adjective
uk/spæzˈmɒd.ɪk/us/spæzˈmɑː.dɪk/happeningsuddenlyforshortperiodsoftimeand not in aregularway:
一阵阵的,间歇性的He made spasmodicattemptstocleanup thehouse.他会时不时来了兴致后便打扫一下屋子。
Frequency & regularity - general words
- (as) regular as clockworkidiom
- -ly
- clockwork
- endemically
- erratic
- erratically
- fitful
- frequency
- irregular
- irregularity
- irregularly
- like clockworkidiom
- many
- on and offidiom
- on-again, off-again
- on-off
- periodic
- periodically
- religiously
- would