con·vul·sion

noun

/kənˈvʌlʃn/

[usually plural] (rather formal)

a sudden shaking movement of the body that cannot be controlled惊厥；抽搐 synonym fit
- The child went into convulsions.那孩子全身抽搐起来。
- in convulsions He fell to the ground in convulsions.他倒地抽搐起来。
Extra Examples
- The patient lost consciousness and went into convulsions.病人失去知觉，抽搐起来。
- He felt a sudden convulsion of fear at the pit of his stomach.他突然感到心底一阵恐惧抽搐。
- She started to have convulsions again.她又开始出现痉挛了。
- The drug can cause paranoia, memory loss and convulsions.该药物可引起偏执、记忆丧失和抽搐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- violent
- sudden
verb + convulsion
- go into
- have
- suffer
- …
a sudden important change that happens to a country or an organization动乱；骚动 synonym upheaval
- political convulsions threatening the stability of new democracies威胁新民主国家稳定的政治动乱

Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘cramp, spasm’): from Latin convulsio(n-), from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together’ + vellere ‘to pull’.

单词	convulsion
释义	con·vul·sion noun /kənˈvʌlʃn/ /kənˈvʌlʃn/ [usually plural] (rather formal) a sudden shaking movement of the body that cannot be controlled惊厥；抽搐 synonym fit The child went into convulsions.那孩子全身抽搐起来。 in convulsions He fell to the ground in convulsions.他倒地抽搐起来。 Extra Examples The patient lost consciousness and went into convulsions.病人失去知觉，抽搐起来。 He felt a sudden convulsion of fear at the pit of his stomach.他突然感到心底一阵恐惧抽搐。 She started to have convulsions again.她又开始出现痉挛了。 The drug can cause paranoia, memory loss and convulsions.该药物可引起偏执、记忆丧失和抽搐。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective violent sudden verb + convulsion go into have suffer … a sudden important change that happens to a country or an organization动乱；骚动 synonym upheaval political convulsions threatening the stability of new democracies威胁新民主国家稳定的政治动乱 Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘cramp, spasm’): from Latin convulsio(n-), from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together’ + vellere ‘to pull’.
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