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convulse 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/kənˈvəls/,
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convulsing, present participle; convulsed, past tense; convulses, 3rd person singular present; convulsed, past participle;
  1. (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
  2. (of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus) Cause (someone) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements
    • - Carlos was convulsed by a second bout of sneezing
    • - she rocked backward and forward, convulsed with helpless mirth
  3. Throw (a country) into violent social or political upheaval
    • - a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany
  1. make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
  2. be overcome with laughter
  3. move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
  4. shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
  5. cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
  6. An epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement (tonic-clonic seizure) or as mild as a brief loss of awareness. ...
  7. Convulse was a Finnish death metal band from Nokia, Finland, active between 1988 and 1994. They were one of their country's first extreme metal bands and by some to be the forefathers of the local ‘Nokia' metal scene.
  8. To violently shake or agitate; To create great laughter