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convulsion

noun
🔊/kənˈvʌlʃn/
🔊/kənˈvʌlʃn/
[usually plural] (rather formal)
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  1. a sudden shaking movement of the body that cannot be controlled痉挛；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.他因抽搐而倒在地上。
    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.他感到自己的腹部突然感到恐惧。
    • She started to have convulsions again.她又开始出现痉挛了。
    • The drug can cause paranoia, memory loss and convulsions.该药可引起妄想症，记忆力减退和抽搐。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • violent
    • sudden
    verb + convulsion
    • go into
    • have
    • suffer
    • …
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  2. 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政治动荡威胁着新民主国家的稳定
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘cramp, spasm’): from Latin convulsio(n-), from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together’ + vellere ‘to pull’.