convulsion
convulsion 英 [kənˈvʌlʃn] 美 [kənˈvʌlʃən]
n. [医] 惊厥；动乱；震撼；震动
名词复数:convulsions
- If you see someone have a convulsion, it can either be scary or funny, depending on whether it's caused by a medical condition or a really funny joke. A convulsion is a jerking, uncontrolled movement.
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- n. [医] 惊厥；动乱；震撼；震动
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1. Then if convulsion, then famine.
动乱，然后是饥荒。
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2. Oliver and order, Thomas...and convulsion.
奥利弗是秩序，汤姆斯是……动乱。
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3. They start by poking a lens at the family's faces as they learn the news; they end by getting them to act, or re-enact, every emotional convulsion that needs a second, third or umpteenth take.
当得知这条新闻后，他们将镜头探到这户人家的面前；他们让这家人表演或再现每一次情感的惊厥，需要一而再、再而三数不清的拍摄。
- convulsion (n.) 1580s, "a violent and involuntary contraction of the muscular parts of the body," from Latin convulsionem (nominative convulsio) "cramp, convulsion," noun of action from past-participle stem of convellere "to tear loose," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + vellere "to pluck, pull violently" (see svelte).
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