paroxysm

英 [ˈpærəksɪzəm]

美 [ˈpærəksɪzəm]

n.  突然发作; (病痛的)突然发作，阵发

复数：paroxysms　

GRE医学

BNC.34076 / COCA.28107

牛津词典

noun

• 突然发作
  a sudden strong feeling or expression of an emotion that cannot be controlled
  1. paroxysms of hate
     突然满腔仇恨
  2. a paroxysm of laughter
     一阵狂笑
• （病痛的）突然发作，阵发
  a sudden short attack of pain, causing physical shaking that cannot be controlled

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （情绪的）突然爆发
  Aparoxysm ofemotion is a sudden, very strong occurrence of it.
  1. He exploded in a paroxysm of rage.
     他突然勃然大怒。
  2. ...a paroxysm of grief.
     突然悲痛欲绝
• N-COUNT （咳嗽、大笑或剧痛引起的）身体震颤；阵发
  Aparoxysmis a series of sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements that your body makes because you are coughing, laughing, or in great pain.
  1. He broke into a paroxysm of coughing.
     他突然猛咳了一阵。

英英释义

noun

• a sudden uncontrollable attack
  1. a paroxysm of giggling
  2. a fit of coughing
  3. convulsions of laughter
  Synonym:fitconvulsion

双语例句

• VILLEFORT ROSE, half ashamed of being surprised in such a paroxysm of grief.
  维尔福站起身来，被人撞见他这样痛哭流涕，他感到有点难为情。
• Beauchamp, who had watched with sincere pity the young man's paroxysm of grief, approached him.
  波尚怀着深深的同情怜悯注视着这悲痛欲绝的青年，走到他的身边。
• Conclusion: There is relativity between paroxysm perspiration and myocardial ischemia on the patients with coronary heart disease.
  结论：隐匿型冠心病病人突然出汗与心肌缺血发作有相关性。
• Linton had sunk prostrate again in another paroxysm of helpless fear, caused by his father's glance towards him, I suppose: there was nothing else to produce such humiliation.
  林惇又在一阵无能为力的恐惧中伏在地上，我想这是由于他父亲瞅了他一眼的缘故：没有别的可以产生这种屈辱。
• He exploded in a paroxysm of rage.
  他突然勃然大怒。
• She said nothing further till the paroxysm was over; then she continued, more kindly&` I'm not wishing you greater torment than I have, Heathcliff.
  她说不出话来，直到这阵激动过去，才又接着说，稍微温和一些了。我并不愿意你受的苦比我受的还大，希刺克厉夫。
• They flung themselves down upon the ground and wept, imploring for mercy in a way that was dreadful to behold. VILLEFORT ROSE, half ashamed of being surprised in such a paroxysm of grief.
  他们一齐倒在地上痛哭流涕。那哀告求饶的惨景简直目不忍睹。维尔福站起身来，被人撞见他这样痛哭流涕，他感到有点难为情。
• In a sudden paroxysm of rage, wilt picked it up and hurled it across the room.
  威尔特突然火冒三丈，把它捡起来扔到房间的另一头。
• I swept it along the carpet, and then memory burst in: my late anguish was swallowed in a paroxysm of despair.
  我顺着桌毯一拂，记忆跟着就来了：我原来的悲痛被一阵突然的绝望吞没了。
• The Phenotype of Wheezing in the Younger Children and the Differential Diagnosis of the Asthma in Children Effect of Two Methods on Asthma Paroxysm of Infants Asthmatic Diseases
  婴幼儿喘息的分类和小儿哮喘的鉴别诊断两种疗法对婴幼儿喘息性疾病后喘息的影响