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单词 convulse
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Definition of convulse in English:

convulse

verb kənˈvʌlskənˈvəls
  • 1no object Suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs.

    she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Kristine tightened her muscles while her body convulsed.
    • The backpack slips from Dawn's fingers, both hands clamping over her mouth, her body convulsing in a struggle to control her gag reflex.
    • The demon's body started convulsing and sizzling.
    • His words echoed in the emptiness of his mind as his frail, emaciated body began to convulse and was racked by involuntary spasms.
    • Her body convulsed very slightly, but she was silent.
    • The whole body was convulsing, and Lilly's nostrils and eyes flared wide with fright.
    • Johnathan craned his head to the side to look at the other man, his entire body convulsing, his fingers twitching, his throat contracting in and out from swallowing air, then finally, the man spoke.
    • The three unknown men in the clearing were grounded, hair frizzled and clothes scorched, their bodies convulsing ever so often though it was clear they were dead.
    • His danger sense went crazy; his entire body convulsed.
    • She knew her body was convulsing, but there was little she could do about that.
    • Richard frantically tried to put the bullet in any of the six chambers but his body was convulsing so hard that it just wouldn't allow him to despite his extra effort.
    • Jessica reached for the button to summon the nurse even as Sam's body began to convulse.
    • Blood sprayed across the man and the woman collapsed at his feet, her whole body convulsed as blood drained from the gaping slash wound in her throat.
    • Her body convulsed as she tried to run, but couldn't.
    • My whole body convulsed until I shrank against the wall.
    • Mr Bransby said: ‘His whole body was shaking and convulsing and then he just collapsed and couldn't move or speak.’
    • Her body jerked and convulsed in pain and she fell backwards, dropping her sword with a clatter.
    • He dropped down next to her, and watched in horrified stupefaction as the girl's body convulsed once, twice, then stayed still.
    • And, you will recall, we saw his body convulsing while he lay on the ground.
    • After resisting his pull for a moment Jordan's head buried itself in his shoulder, and she willingly allowed the burden to be handed over, her body convulsing with sobs.
    Synonyms
    shake uncontrollably/violently, go into spasms, shudder, jerk, thrash about
    suffer a fit
    1. 1.1with object (of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus) cause (someone) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements.
      she rocked backwards and forwards, convulsed with helpless mirth
      Example sentencesExamples
      • From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter.
      • Penn is convulsed with ostentatiously felt emotion.
      • Ethan's face was convulsed with unspeakable rage & confusion.
      • He takes a tiny sniff of the weapons grade stink, and is convulsed with disgust.
      • His heart pounded, and his body was convulsed with pain: a residue of the terror of his nightmare.
      • His grin mushroomed into laughter, and a moment later, he was convulsed with it.
      • Please excuse the lack of in-depth analysis of this story, but it's hard to type when your entire body is convulsed with hysterical laughter.
      • I was too convulsed with fury to even look at him after what he did to me and Raj.
      • He then seemed almost to be convulsed with delight at the success of his perilous adventure, and, turning his back, held up the handkerchief to discover the value of his prize, with intense glee evident in every feature.
      • At one point the entire audience was so convulsed it looked like a Mexican wave.
      • Then she is once more convulsed with the hideous pain of digestion.
      • The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out.
      • The evil spirit convulsed the man and cried out with a loud voice as he came out of the man.
      • Even before the overture starts, there is a silent ballet, characterised by odd tics and jerks: the eight dancers appear to be convulsed by supernatural forces greater than themselves.
      • The implication is that he was not capable of being as convulsed by this horror as was everyone else and that he spiritually approved of and even created the atmosphere for this event.
      • Then I watched him do it about a week later, and I was distorted and convulsed with hysteria.
      • Presently the massive bony frame of the Father was convulsed with a fit of coughing.
      • She looked to the king and queen for support, but both were convulsed with laughter.
      • They both scream then, arching and jittering as if convulsed by electric current.
      • The combination of Chase's bowling ball technique, his seriousness about the whole thing, and Aaron's outrageous snort convulsed everyone.
      Synonyms
      laugh uproariously, roar with laughter, hold one's sides, be doubled up with laughter
      informal split one's sides, be rolling in the aisles, be in stitches, die laughing, laugh like a drain, bust a gut, break up
      British informal be creased up, fall about laughing
  • 2with object Throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval.

    a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But there is a still greater fact to notice: as a movement which convulsed all Europe, the Reformation was the one sixteenth-century event which deeply and immediately affected all parts of the British Isles.
    • The Government knows that this would convulse the country in anger.
    • The capacity of trivial events to convulse the media and political commentators never ceases to amaze.
    • As an example of the total commitment I give in doing exhaustive hours of research for this column, I just had to go to the pub the other night and see how the smoking ban is convulsing this great little greedy nation of ours.
    • In the early '90s, the country was really convulsed by the murder rate.
    • Today our nation is convulsed over the issue of children.
    • In September 1949, tens of millions hoped that the establishment of a Communist government in China would bring an end to the military and political turmoil that had convulsed the country for most of the first half of the twentieth century.
    • While the latter convulsed the entire political system during 1998, it has now remarkably all but vanished from public discussion.
    • The family lived in Nigeria where their existence was, for the most part, only peripherally affected by the civil war then convulsing the country.
    • By 1983, protests against the dictatorship by social organizations and the banned political parties convulsed the country.
    • After King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the nation was convulsed by the worst riots in its history.
    • While the Labour movement - and its leadership - frets over its chances of winning the election, the latest debate convulsing the campaign team is over the manifesto: not what goes in it, but how big it is.
    • One of the most remarkable features of the current presidential race is the absence of any discussion of the events that convulsed the entire political system the previous year.
    • Those were written by the people, and were essentially autobiographical accounts of growing up in a country convulsed by revolution and change.
    • This alliance barely outlasted the bonfires lit to celebrate the proclamation of the Crown Colony of Victoria on 1 July 1851, for later that month the colony was convulsed by the discovery of gold.
    • Within a week the world of hurling was convulsed with speculation about how long Carey had to live and just how big the tumour was.
    • And not surprisingly it has convulsed British politics.
    • It strikes me as a brilliant patch of spiritual light, against a backdrop of the escalating darkness of hate, vengeance, and communal frenzy that convulses our political culture today.
    • No one but the most obdurate can fail to acknowledge that the main political problem that has convulsed this beautiful State is still a long way from being resolved.
    • There are huge political and social upheavals that are convulsing the nation.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin convuls- 'pulled violently, wrenched', from the verb convellere, from con- 'together' + vellere 'to pull'.

Rhymes

dulse, pulse
 
 

Definition of convulse in US English:

convulse

verbkənˈvəlskənˈvəls
  • 1no object (of a person) suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs.

    she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She knew her body was convulsing, but there was little she could do about that.
    • The three unknown men in the clearing were grounded, hair frizzled and clothes scorched, their bodies convulsing ever so often though it was clear they were dead.
    • Kristine tightened her muscles while her body convulsed.
    • And, you will recall, we saw his body convulsing while he lay on the ground.
    • The backpack slips from Dawn's fingers, both hands clamping over her mouth, her body convulsing in a struggle to control her gag reflex.
    • Blood sprayed across the man and the woman collapsed at his feet, her whole body convulsed as blood drained from the gaping slash wound in her throat.
    • His danger sense went crazy; his entire body convulsed.
    • My whole body convulsed until I shrank against the wall.
    • He dropped down next to her, and watched in horrified stupefaction as the girl's body convulsed once, twice, then stayed still.
    • Richard frantically tried to put the bullet in any of the six chambers but his body was convulsing so hard that it just wouldn't allow him to despite his extra effort.
    • Johnathan craned his head to the side to look at the other man, his entire body convulsing, his fingers twitching, his throat contracting in and out from swallowing air, then finally, the man spoke.
    • Her body convulsed very slightly, but she was silent.
    • Her body convulsed as she tried to run, but couldn't.
    • The whole body was convulsing, and Lilly's nostrils and eyes flared wide with fright.
    • Jessica reached for the button to summon the nurse even as Sam's body began to convulse.
    • Mr Bransby said: ‘His whole body was shaking and convulsing and then he just collapsed and couldn't move or speak.’
    • The demon's body started convulsing and sizzling.
    • His words echoed in the emptiness of his mind as his frail, emaciated body began to convulse and was racked by involuntary spasms.
    • After resisting his pull for a moment Jordan's head buried itself in his shoulder, and she willingly allowed the burden to be handed over, her body convulsing with sobs.
    • Her body jerked and convulsed in pain and she fell backwards, dropping her sword with a clatter.
    Synonyms
    shake uncontrollably, shake violently, go into spasms, shudder, jerk, thrash about
    1. 1.1with object (of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus) cause (someone) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements.
      she rocked backward and forward, convulsed with helpless mirth
      Carlos was convulsed by a second bout of sneezing
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The combination of Chase's bowling ball technique, his seriousness about the whole thing, and Aaron's outrageous snort convulsed everyone.
      • His grin mushroomed into laughter, and a moment later, he was convulsed with it.
      • From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter.
      • Then I watched him do it about a week later, and I was distorted and convulsed with hysteria.
      • At one point the entire audience was so convulsed it looked like a Mexican wave.
      • Even before the overture starts, there is a silent ballet, characterised by odd tics and jerks: the eight dancers appear to be convulsed by supernatural forces greater than themselves.
      • He takes a tiny sniff of the weapons grade stink, and is convulsed with disgust.
      • Please excuse the lack of in-depth analysis of this story, but it's hard to type when your entire body is convulsed with hysterical laughter.
      • I was too convulsed with fury to even look at him after what he did to me and Raj.
      • His heart pounded, and his body was convulsed with pain: a residue of the terror of his nightmare.
      • The implication is that he was not capable of being as convulsed by this horror as was everyone else and that he spiritually approved of and even created the atmosphere for this event.
      • Then she is once more convulsed with the hideous pain of digestion.
      • Penn is convulsed with ostentatiously felt emotion.
      • Ethan's face was convulsed with unspeakable rage & confusion.
      • She looked to the king and queen for support, but both were convulsed with laughter.
      • Presently the massive bony frame of the Father was convulsed with a fit of coughing.
      • The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out.
      • The evil spirit convulsed the man and cried out with a loud voice as he came out of the man.
      • They both scream then, arching and jittering as if convulsed by electric current.
      • He then seemed almost to be convulsed with delight at the success of his perilous adventure, and, turning his back, held up the handkerchief to discover the value of his prize, with intense glee evident in every feature.
      Synonyms
      laugh uproariously, roar with laughter, hold one's sides, be doubled up with laughter
  • 2with object Throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval.

    a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But there is a still greater fact to notice: as a movement which convulsed all Europe, the Reformation was the one sixteenth-century event which deeply and immediately affected all parts of the British Isles.
    • In the early '90s, the country was really convulsed by the murder rate.
    • Today our nation is convulsed over the issue of children.
    • There are huge political and social upheavals that are convulsing the nation.
    • And not surprisingly it has convulsed British politics.
    • In September 1949, tens of millions hoped that the establishment of a Communist government in China would bring an end to the military and political turmoil that had convulsed the country for most of the first half of the twentieth century.
    • This alliance barely outlasted the bonfires lit to celebrate the proclamation of the Crown Colony of Victoria on 1 July 1851, for later that month the colony was convulsed by the discovery of gold.
    • The capacity of trivial events to convulse the media and political commentators never ceases to amaze.
    • Those were written by the people, and were essentially autobiographical accounts of growing up in a country convulsed by revolution and change.
    • While the Labour movement - and its leadership - frets over its chances of winning the election, the latest debate convulsing the campaign team is over the manifesto: not what goes in it, but how big it is.
    • One of the most remarkable features of the current presidential race is the absence of any discussion of the events that convulsed the entire political system the previous year.
    • Within a week the world of hurling was convulsed with speculation about how long Carey had to live and just how big the tumour was.
    • No one but the most obdurate can fail to acknowledge that the main political problem that has convulsed this beautiful State is still a long way from being resolved.
    • It strikes me as a brilliant patch of spiritual light, against a backdrop of the escalating darkness of hate, vengeance, and communal frenzy that convulses our political culture today.
    • As an example of the total commitment I give in doing exhaustive hours of research for this column, I just had to go to the pub the other night and see how the smoking ban is convulsing this great little greedy nation of ours.
    • The Government knows that this would convulse the country in anger.
    • By 1983, protests against the dictatorship by social organizations and the banned political parties convulsed the country.
    • After King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the nation was convulsed by the worst riots in its history.
    • The family lived in Nigeria where their existence was, for the most part, only peripherally affected by the civil war then convulsing the country.
    • While the latter convulsed the entire political system during 1998, it has now remarkably all but vanished from public discussion.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched’, from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together’ + vellere ‘to pull’.

 
 
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