Convulse

[kən'vʌls]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) be overcome with laughter.

(verb.) make someone convulse with laughter; 'The comedian convulsed the crowd'.

(verb.) contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; 'The muscles in her face convulsed'.

(verb.) cause to contract; 'The spasm convulses her facial muscles'.

(verb.) shake uncontrollably; 'earthquakes convulsed the countryside'.

(verb.) move or stir about violently; 'The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed'.

整理:泰勒--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.

(v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.

卡洛斯錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Throw into spasms.[2]. Agitate, shake, disturb.

巴兹尔錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Agitate, shake, perturb, disturb

ANT:Soothe, collocate, compose, assuage

編輯:摩尔

解釋/意思:

v.t. to agitate violently: to affect by spasms.—adj. Convul′sible subject to convulsion.—n. Convul′sion any involuntary contraction of the voluntary muscles of the body esp. such seizures in which the body is thrown into violent spasmodic contractions the sensibility and voluntary motion being for a time suspended: any violent disturbance.—adjs. Convul′sional Convul′sionary pertaining to convulsions.—n.pl. Convul′sionaries a fanatical sect of Jansenists who sprang up in France about 1730.—adj. Convuls′ive attended with convulsions: spasmodic.—adv. Convuls′ively.—n. Convuls′iveness.

校對:鲁本