Apoplexy
['æpəpleksɪ] or ['æpəplɛksi]
解释:
(n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
手打:谢莉
解释:
n. loss of sensation and of motion by a sudden stroke generally applied by modern medical writers to rupture of a blood-vessel with hemorrhage in the brain or its membranes whether with or without consciousness—also figuratively.—adjs. Apoplec′tic -al pertaining to or causing apoplexy: suffering from or likely to suffer from apoplexy.—adv. Apoplec′tically.—n. Ap′oplex (arch.) apoplexy.—adj. Ap′oplexed (Shak.) affected with apoplexy.
校对:卢瑟
例句:
- The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- He died one morning of apoplexy, as he was going to open his outer door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, has had a fit--apoplexy or paralysis--and couldn't be brought to, and precious time has been lost. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Let me see the public streets once more afore I die; and if I ain't struck with apoplexy, I'll be back in five minits by the clock. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Old woman; full feeder; nervous subject; palpitation of the heart; pressure on the brain; apoplexy; off she goes. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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