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

单词	paroxysm
释义	par·ox·ysm \ˈparəkˌsizəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: French & Medieval Latin; French paroxysme, from Medieval Latin paroxysmus, from Greek paroxysmos paroxysm, irritation, from paroxynein to urge, stimulate, from para- para- (I) + oxynein to sharpen, provoke, from oxys sharp — more at oxy- 1. a. : a sudden attack or spasm (as of a disease) < convulsed … in the paroxysms of an epileptic seizure — Thomas Hardy > b. : a sudden recurrence of symptoms or an intensification of existing symptoms < pain occurred in frequent paroxysms — Therapeutic Notes > 2. a. : a sudden, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence of emotion < threw himself at her feet in a paroxysm of grief — T.L.Peacock > < burst into a paroxysm of laughter — Harriet La Barre > b. : a similar action occurring in nature : a convulsion of physical forces (as an earthquake or the eruption of a volcano) < the first great paroxysm of alpine orogeny — C.O.Dunbar > < horizontal compression induced by the main tectonic paroxysms of the mountain ranges — Journal of Geology > 3. : an extreme or climactic stage (as of a process, action, or series of developments) < marks the paroxysm of subtropical conditions — Julia Gardner > < the very moment of fanatical paroxysm of the French Revolution — John Quincy Adams > 4. obsolete : a violent and open disagreement or quarrel < the disagreement did proceed so far as to produce a paroxysm — Cotton Mather >
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