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convulsion
惊厥；痉挛；抽搐
a sudden uncontrollable attack of the body, with violent jerky movements
指身体突然不受控制地剧烈收缩
- 1.
An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
剧烈的、阵发性的、不自主的肌肉收缩
- 2.
a sudden uncontrollable attack
突发的无法控制的攻击
- 3.
An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
无法控制的发作,如大笑；痉挛
- 4.
violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
肌肉的剧烈不受控制的收缩
- 5.
Violent turmoil.
剧烈的动荡
- 6.
a violent disturbance
剧烈的骚乱
- 7.
Hysteric in nature.
具有歇斯底里性质
动乱；动荡；剧烈震动；剧烈的、阵发性的、不自主的肌肉收缩；突发的无法控制的攻击；无法控制的发作,如大笑；痉挛；肌肉的剧烈不受控制的收缩
In use
The child suddenly had a convulsion, and the teacher called for help.
The patient's convulsions stopped after the doctor gave him medicine.
When the fever got very high, she went into convulsions and her family rushed her to the hospital.
convulsions of laughter
the convulsions of the stock market
have a convulsion
描述个体发生单次惊厥。
The patient had a convulsion during the night.
病人夜间发作了一次惊厥。
go into convulsions
强调进入连续惊厥状态，常用复数形式。
Connections
Collocations
- have convulsions
- 发生抽搐；痉挛发作
- The baby had convulsions and needed immediate medical care.婴儿发生抽搐，需要立即就医。
- convulsions of laughter
- 笑得前仰后合；一阵狂笑
- The audience was in convulsions of laughter at the clown's act.观众被小丑的表演逗得笑作一团。
- political convulsions
- 政治动荡
- The region has experienced political convulsions for decades.该地区数十年来经历了政治动荡。
- febrile convulsions
- 高热惊厥
- Febrile convulsions are common in children under five.高热惊厥在五岁以下儿童中很常见。
Idioms & figurative uses
- convulsions of laughter
- 一阵阵狂笑；笑得前仰后合His jokes sent the whole room into convulsions of laughter.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：con+vul 谐音“抽搐”，身体肌肉一阵阵剧烈乱动，像被电击一样不受控制。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：医学或临床描述、文学或新闻书面语、正式演讲或学术写作 convulsion 通常属于较正式或书面用词，多用于医学、文学和新闻等语境，指剧烈的不自主肌肉收缩或突然发作。日常口语中较少单独使用，更常见的说法是 seizure（医学）或 fit（非正式）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以重读的 /ʌlʃən/ 结尾，与 convulsion 押韵：compulsion, expulsion, repulsion, propulsion, revulsion, emulsion。注意拼写相似的 conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/ 和 confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/ 发 /ʒən/ 音，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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