spasmodic [spæzˈmɑ:dɪk]

例句:

• The dog was eating something, jaws working in spasmodic gulps.
  来自S. Cisneros
• There was spasmodic fighting in the area yesterday.
  昨天，那一地区发生过零星的战斗。
  
• He managed to stifle the spasmodic sobs of panic rising in his throat.
  他惊慌得差一点哭了起来，不过还是竭力地克制住了。
  
• My husband's work was so spasmodic.
  我丈夫的工作总是时忙时闲。
  
• So Cunningham punctuates the leaps with an odd, spasmodic move.
  来自NEWYORKER
• The violence here is spasmodic, the passions more schematic than unchained.
  来自WSJ