| 单词 | convulsively |
| 释义 | convulsively (once / 2313 pages) adv To do something convulsively is to do it in an irregular, jerky way. If you can't help laughing convulsively during a friend's awkward speech, you'll be shaking with laughter. Movements that are connected to actual convulsions — the involuntary, abnormal movement of the body's muscles — happen convulsively. Other things occur convulsively too, like hiccups and laughter and crying: "She sobbed convulsively when her dog ran away." The adverb convulsively comes from the verb convulse, which is rooted in the Latin convulsus, "pulled away" or "wrenched." WORD FAMILYconvulsive: convulsively+/convulse: convulsed, convulses, convulsing, convulsion, convulsive/convulsion: convulsions USAGE EXAMPLESHer face tightened and her hand closed convulsively. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) He was lying on his back across the floor of the collapsed shelter, shivering convulsively. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air(1996) Eisenberg, playing the gang’s token neurotic, kept convulsively squeezing his sides with his hands, like someone operating a bicycle pump. The Guardian(Jun 25, 2016) adv with convulsions, in a convulsive way her leg twitched convulsively |
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