Paroxysm
['pærək'sɪzəm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a sudden uncontrollable attack; 'a paroxysm of giggling'; 'a fit of coughing'; 'convulsions of laughter'.
編輯:奥斯本--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
(n.) Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
手打:利奥波德
同義詞及近義詞：
n. (Med.) Exacerbation (of a disease, periodically), fit, convulsion, sudden attack.
杰拉尔德編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a fit of acute pain occurring at intervals: a fit of passion: any sudden violent action.—adjs. Paroxys′mal Paroxys′mic pertaining to or occurring in paroxysms.
安东尼娅手打
例句/造句/用法:
- She was laid down quite flat, as if resting languidly after some paroxysm of pain. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- She broke from me with hysterical vehemence, and threw herself on the sofa in a paroxysm of sobs and tears that shook her from head to foot. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Sloppy they left behind, relieving his overcharged breast with a paroxysm of mangling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I had merely announced to her my intention of keeping a man-servant, when she fell into the extraordinary paroxysm in which you found her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- And yet--and yet-- he clenched his thin hands in a paroxysm of conviction--I KNOW it's all wrong. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Scarcely a day passes, I assure Mr. Traddles, on which some paroxysm does not take place. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- A strange transport took possession of her, all her veins were in a paroxysm of violent sensation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- While we renewed old acquaintance, Graham, sitting opposite, silently disposed of his paroxysm of astonishment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In a paroxysm of fear, the boy closed the book, and thrust it from him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I then descried Mr. and Mrs. Hubble; the last-named in a decent speechless paroxysm in a corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- While I was speaking, a paroxysm of pain came on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But even in the midst of that paroxysm, he still essayed to repeat his favourite introduction of himself, 'Pa-ancks the gi-ipsy, fortune-telling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- And so, when the paroxysms came on, each more severe than the last, they were fresh agonies, and greater disappointments to him. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- And in the midst of their paroxysms, they glanced with deference at the four English strangers, the elect. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- At the close of one of these paroxysms, when I had with great difficulty held him down in his bed, he sank into what appeared to be a slumber. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- These paroxysms pass from him like a cloud from before the sun, though his dejection never leaves him. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
整理:莱昂内尔