Paralysis
[pə'rælɪsɪs] or [pə'ræləsɪs]
解释:
(n.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively.
编辑:兰德尔
同义词及近义词:
n. Palsy.
费利西亚编辑
娱乐性解释:
Paralysis is a bad dream, denoting financial reverses and disappointment in literary attainment. To lovers, it portends a cessation of affections.
手打:苏珊
例句:
- As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- In 1826 he was attacked by paralysis, and from then he spent much of his time on the continent, seeking health and strength. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The lack of water caused not only personal inconvenience and business paralysis, but it occasioned real danger of disease through unflushed sewers and insufficiently drained pipes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- 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.
- He had been struck by paralysis, and had never rallied after the shock. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- No, it is not brave, said Lydgate, but if a man is afraid of creeping paralysis? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Not paralysis, I hope? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- We put him to bed; but the paralysis has spread, he has shown no sign of returning consciousness, and I think that we shall hardly find him alive. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- I could but vaguely conjecture the cause of my paralysis, and my only hope lay in that it might pass off as suddenly as it had fallen upon me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
整理:马文