spasm / ˈspæz əm /

⚽高中词汇痉痉挛痉挛肌痉挛痉痉

spasm 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations .
  2. any sudden, brief spell of great energy, activity, feeling, etc.

spasm 近义词

n. 名词 noun

twitch, fit

更多spasm例句

  1. In Week 15, with the Lions out of playoff contention, Stafford played through torn cartilage in his rib cage that gave him body spasms.
  2. Hauser also scored 21 points, connecting on 7 of 13 three-pointers, and added seven rebounds despite being bothered by back spasms before the game.
  3. Meanwhile, multiple sclerosis patients have access to THC-based treatments in more than 30 countries to ease muscle spasms, expand mobility, decrease pain, improve sleep, and, overall, provide better quality of life.
  4. Gun sales surged, especially among first-time buyers, this year during the coronavirus outbreak and then spasms of racial unrest.
  5. Beyond cosmetic applications, Botox is a treatment for more than 20 medical conditions, including eye spasm, Bell’s palsy, headache, excessive sweating and urinary incontinence.
  6. The only joy is the momentary spasm of sexual gratification; the only happiness that of (temporarily) allayed jealousy.
  7. A spasm of computer trouble yesterday delayed finishing some thoughts on Mitt Romney's USA Today op-ed about social safety nets.
  8. Akin's view may be outrageous, but its outrageousness is not one man's mental spasm.
  9. For three straight days, a spasm of violence has gripped Cairo, leaving 13 people dead and scores wounded.
  10. Essentially, this is no more than a spasm of mindless and brutal high summer destruction.
  11. Here the Dimbula shot down a hollow, lying almost on her side—righting at the bottom with a wrench and a spasm.
  12. It might be a spasm of pain, and his somewhat pale face became paler; but he did not speak.
  13. What he dreaded was the spasm of dying—the convulsion that was to snap the thousand silver strings in the harp of life.
  14. Richard thought to see him fell the Greek to the stones; but his uplifted arm lowered, the spasm of madness passed.
  15. But what a contrast to this spasm of local statesmanship the earlier years of that drink-sodden century display!