单词 | convulse |
释义 | convulse/kənˈvʌls /verb 1 [no object] Suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs: she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain...
Synonyms shake uncontrollably/violently, go into spasms, shudder, jerk, thrash about; suffer a fit 1.1 [with object] (Of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus) cause (someone) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements: she rocked backwards and forwards, convulsed with helpless mirth...
Synonyms laugh uproariously, roar with laughter, hold one's sides, be doubled up with laughter informal split one's sides, be rolling in the aisles, be in stitches, die laughing, laugh like a drain, bust a gut, break up British informal be creased up, fall about laughing 2 [with object] Throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval: a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany...
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin convuls- 'pulled violently, wrenched', from the verb convellere, from con- 'together' + vellere 'to pull'. Rhymes |
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