convulsion

英 [kən'vʌlʃn] 美 [kən'vʌlʃn]

• n. 抽搐；震动；动乱

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sudden uncontrollable attack;

   "a paroxysm of giggling"
   "a fit of coughing"
   "convulsions of laughter"
   

2. violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles

3. a violent disturbance;

   "the convulsions of the stock market"
   

4. a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The story is so funny it has us in convulsion.
   这故事滑稽极了，使我们笑得不亦乐乎。
2. The child reacted to the drug by going into convulsions.
   这孩子全身痉挛，对药物有反应。
3. The child's nervous illness often threw her into convulsion.
   这孩子的神经性疾病常使她产生痉挛。
4. The President's assassination led to political convulsion.
   总统遇刺引起了政治骚乱。
5. The convulsion of the elements appears to sober our friend.
   生活环境的动乱似乎使我们的朋友清醒了。

经典引文

• A person..shaken by the convulsions of some terrible fit.

  出自： J. C. Powys

词汇搭配

• arresting convulsion 定惊
• clonic convulsion 阵挛性惊厥
• hyperpyretic convulsion 高热惊厥
• postpartum convulsion 产后发痉
• acute convulsion 急惊风
• epileptiform convulsion [医] 癫痫样惊厥...
• chronic convulsion 慢惊风, 天吊风...
• relieving convulsion 镇惊
• convulsion center 惊厥中枢
• tonic convulsion 强直性抽搐,强直性惊...
• infantile convulsion 前项,惊厥,婴儿惊厥...
• local convulsion 局限性惊厥
• reflex convulsion 反射性惊厥
• central convulsion [医] 中枢性惊厥...

近反义词

【近义词】

• fit 适宜的
• seizure 夺取
• spasm 抽筋
• attack 攻击
• tantrum 发脾气
• paroxysm (疾病周期性)发作...
• tremor 震动
• shaking 摇动
• shrug 耸肩
• fury 愤怒
• explosion 爆炸
• earthquake 地震
• stroke 中风
• upheaval 向上的运动
• turmoil 混乱