英语词汇“convulse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

convulseconvulse /kənˈvʌls/ verb

ETYMOLOGYconvulse

Origin: 1600-1700 Latin, past participle of convellere to pull violently, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + vellere to pull out

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

1[transitive] if something such as a war convulses a country, it causes a lot of problems and anxiety: The city was convulsed by rioting and demonstrations.2be convulsed with laughter to be laughing so much that you shake and are not able to stop yourself3[intransitive] if your body or a part of it convulses, it moves violently and you are not able to control it: Suddenly the girl began to convulse.