convulsions

英 [kənˈvʌlʃənz]

美 [kənˈvʌlʃənz]

n.  痉挛; 抽搐; 动乱; 骚动
convulsion的复数

柯林斯词典

• 抽搐;痉挛
  If someone hasconvulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
• N-COUNT (国家、体系、组织发生的)动乱，骚乱
  If there areconvulsionsin a country, system, or organization, there are major unexpected changes in it.
  1. ...the political convulsions that led to de Gaulle's return to power in May 1958.
     促使戴高乐在1958年5月重新上台的政治动乱
  2. ...the great convulsion of the eighteenth century.
     18世纪的巨大动乱

双语例句

• The leader's assassination led to political convulsions.
  领导人遇刺引起了政治动乱。
• The resulting spasms, seizures, convulsions and comas were supposed to jar her from her puerperal psychosis, the term then used in England for postpartum depression.
  人们认为，由此产生的痉挛、抽搐、惊厥和昏迷可以让她从产后精神病中恢复过来。当年在英格兰，产后精神病指的就是产后抑郁症。
• The administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma.
  服用足够量的卡地阿唑以导致抽搐和昏迷的休克疗法。
• Chytridiomycosis causes lethargy and convulsions, and thickens the skin that frogs breathe through.
  壶菌病会引起嗜睡和惊厥，并使得青蛙呼吸通道皮肤增厚。
• The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
  用强电流刺激大脑，从而导致抽搐和休克的治疗方法。
• Tactile and auditory stimuli provoke convulsions with opisthotonos.
  触觉和听觉的刺激可诱使病牛惊厥和角弓反张。
• And when the convulsions stopped, he was dead.
  当抽搐停止以后，他就死了。
• Some people may be more likely to have febrile convulsions because they have inherited particular genes from their parents.
  有些人可能更可能有惊厥，因为他们继承了特定基因从他们的父母。
• What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
  一个城市的痉挛和灵魂的惊骇比较起来，算得了什么？
• Wyman was absorbed in the convulsions of the insect.
  怀曼看毛虫乱蹦乱踢，正看得有劲。