Paralysis
[pə'rælɪsɪs] or [pə'ræləsɪs]
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:兰德尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Palsy.
费利西亚編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- In 1826 he was attacked by paralysis, and from then he spent much of his time on the continent, seeking health and strength. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- 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. 科學通論.
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, has had a fit--apoplexy or paralysis--and couldn't be brought to, and precious time has been lost. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He had been struck by paralysis, and had never rallied after the shock. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- No, it is not brave, said Lydgate, but if a man is afraid of creeping paralysis? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Not paralysis, I hope? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- 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. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
整理:马文