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convulse

/kuhn-vuhls/US // kənˈvʌls //UK // (kənˈvʌls) //

抽搐,冲动,抽搐的时候,抽搐的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·vulsed, con·vuls·ing.

    • : to shake violently; agitate.
    • : to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc.
    • : to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles.

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Examples

  • They began defacing government websites in September 2020, a simple but highly visible act of protest that got them attention as the country convulsed in turmoil.

  • She watched helplessly when her newborn convulsed with seizures.

  • Lockett began to convulse violently, his head and chest rising up off the gurney multiple times as he called out, “Oh, man.”

  • A year later, it happened again, causing the emergency medical system to convulse into action once more.

  • "You positively convulse me, you're so very humorous," said Robinson, without a vestige of a smile.

  • When anger, avarice, and concupiscence convulse the peace of thy soul, look up to this star and call on Mary.

  • In a moment he could melt a popular audience to tears or convulse it with laughter.

  • At that moment he felt an electric thrill convulse her frame, followed by a complete stillness.

  • She would be thought asleep were it not for the tremors that periodically convulse her frame.