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

• 'I had some stomach convulsions, but I'm OK now,' he said.
  他说：我胃有点痉挛，这会儿好一点。
• High levels of nicotine, for instance, have been found to trigger convulsions in both animals and humans.
  例如已经发现尼古丁水平高可诱发动物和人类抽搐。
• The person loses consciousness completely and has convulsions.
  这人完全失去了知觉而且还在抽搐。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wyman was absorbed in the convulsions of the insect.
  怀曼看毛虫乱蹦乱踢，正看得有劲。
• 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。
• Just a high fever and convulsions, which results from a virus upper respiratory tract inflection.
  只是病毒性上呼吸道感染引起的高烧和抽搐。
• 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。