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convulsed

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

惊厥,惊恐万状,抽搐,惊恐万分

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Definitions

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

  • As they embrace Maeve, both family members convulse and die, and Maeve sees the telltale red imprint of her hand on Logan’s cheek.

  • As other cities convulsed and burned, New York remained relatively stable and peaceful.

  • The video was filmed before the massive violence that convulsed Kiev this week, but its message is eerily prescient.

  • At the sound of his name, the man on the floor raised his head and turned a convulsed face to Mr. Wilde.

  • The internet convulsed with outrage that Bob Dylan, star of a Super Bowl car commercial, had "sold out."

  • But the country has historically avoided the periodic upheavals that have convulsed regional states like Iraq and Syria.

  • Still, Louis did not reply; but proofs of his contending soul convulsed the features his agitated hand tried to conceal.

  • One child between three and four was convulsed at the sight of his baby bib fastened round the neck of his bearded sire.

  • He leapt to his feet, his face convulsed as if at the horror of learning of a hitherto undreamt-of state of things.

  • These remarks were uttered with such vehemence, that not a word was lost, and the whole coach became convulsed with laughter.

  • The boys were convulsed with laughter; but the girls were afraid that the Irishman had been seriously hurt.