convulsion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
    — 1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.
  2. An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
  3. Violent turmoil.
    — Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.
  4. Hysteric in nature.

词形变化

convulsions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
anticonvulsion convulsional convulsionary convulsionism convulsionist electroconvulsion hemiconvulsion photoconvulsion post-micturition convulsion syndrome
相关词
convulsant convulse convulsive

词源

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.
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