英语词汇“convulsion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	convulsion
释义	con·vul·sion \kənˈvəlshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French convulsion, from Latin convulsion-, convulsio, from convulsus + -ion-, -io -ion 1. a. obsolete : spasmodic contraction of the muscles : cramp b. : an unnatural, violent, and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles — often used in plural < a patient suffering from convulsions > 2. obsolete : wrenching, tearing 3. a. : a forceful wrenching, distorting, or upheaving seismic action < the convulsions which physical nature has always in reserve …, earthquakes of Lisbon, eruptions of Mount Pelée — Samuel Alexander > b. : a period of violent social or political stress, strain, surging action, and confusion < the vast social convulsions of a continent in travail — Reinhold Niebuhr > c. : an uncontrolled fit : a powerful emotional upheaval < a convulsion of grief and anger > : paroxysm < convulsions of sobbing — Joseph Conrad > < literally throwing themselves down on the ground in convulsions of unholy mirth — Rudyard Kipling > Synonyms: see commotion
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