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 person loses consciousness completely and has convulsions.
  这人完全失去了知觉而且还在抽搐。
• 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。
• Wyman was absorbed in the convulsions of the insect.
  怀曼看毛虫乱蹦乱踢，正看得有劲。
• Infants may be unable to feed or drink and may also experience unconsciousness, hypothermia and convulsions.
  婴儿可能无法进食或喝水，并可出现失去知觉、低体温和惊厥。
• The final solar convulsions will wipe out all life on the planet.
  太阳的最后灾变将把地球上的一切生命消灭干净。
• Characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy.
  在怀孕期间惊厥或昏迷。
• The leader's assassination led to political convulsions.
  领导人遇刺引起了政治动乱。
• A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions ( as in epilepsy).
  一种用来治疗或制止抽搐（类似癫痫症）的药物。
• 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。
• 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？