单词	convulse
释义	convulsecon‧vulse /kənˈvʌls/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINconvulse Origin: 1600-1700 Latin past participle of convellere ‘to pull violently’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + vellere ‘to pull out’ Verb Table VERB TABLE convulse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they convulse he, she, it convulses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they convulsed Present perfect I, you, we, they have convulsed he, she, it has convulsed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had convulsed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will convulse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have convulsed Continuous Form Present I am convulsing he, she, it is convulsing you, we, they are convulsing Past I, he, she, it was convulsing you, we, they were convulsing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been convulsing he, she, it has been convulsing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been convulsing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be convulsing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been convulsing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In 1992, the city was convulsed by rioting and demonstrations. She was suddenly convulsed by a hacking cough. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All of us were convulsed with laughter. Her feral body takes its own route, grinding, convulsing, swallowing. In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families. Samuel was convulsed with fury at this new evidence of skulduggery, resolved that no holds would be barred now. The area around you began to convulse like an epileptic ward. The body convulsed, flopping around the roof in a series of uncoordinated half-somersaults, leaving a trail of blood like footprints. The building that had fairly convulsed with activity was now deceased. Veins convulse everywhere in my arm, so shot full of liquid I am sure they will burst. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be convulsed with laughter/anger etc All of us were convulsed with laughter. From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. 1[intransitive] if your body or a part of it convulses, it moves violently and you are not able to control it:  He sat down, his shoulders convulsing with sobs.2be convulsed with laughter/anger etc to be laughing so much or feel so angry that you shake and are not able to stop yourself3[transitive] if something such as a war convulses a country, it causes a lot of problems or confusion:  A wave of nationalist demonstrations convulsed the country in 1919.
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