spasmodic

adj 1 occurring or done at irregular intervals (usu for short periods at a time); not continuous or regular 一阵阵的; 时断时续的: spasmodic efforts to clean the house 对房子时干时停的打扫 * spasmodic periods of happiness followed by misery 时而快乐, 时而痛苦. 2 caused by or affected by spasms 痉挛的; 痉挛性的: spasmodic asthma 支气管气喘.

spare tyre, spare-rib, spare...from, sparing, sparingly, spark, sparking-plug (also `spark-plug), sparkle, sparkler, sparkling, sparks, sparring-partner, sparrow, sparrow-hawk, sparse, sparsely, sparsely-populated, spartan, spary, spasm, spasmodically, spastic, spat, spate, spatial, spatially, spatter, spatula, spawn, spay, speak, speak for, speak of, speak up, speak volume for, speak volumes, speak well for, speak-easy, speaker, speaking,