paroxysms是什么意思？

paroxysms

• n. 突然发作，发作，阵发( paroxysm的名词复数 )；

例句

• The patient is given to sudden and inexplicable paroxysms of anger. 病人突然且无法解释地愤怒发作起来.
• Colic is paroxysms of crying and irritability in an infant. 疝痛表现为婴儿的阵发性哭闹和烦躁不安.
• This book was a great consolation to me at a period full of paroxysms and misery. 在充满动乱和灾难的时期,这本书是我莫大的安慰.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （情绪的）突然爆发
  A paroxysm of emotion is a sudden, very strong occurrence of it.
  例句
  He exploded in a paroxysm of rage. 他突然勃然大怒。 ...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
  A paroxysm is a series of sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements that your body makes because you are coughing, laughing, or in great pain.
  例句
  He broke into a paroxysm of coughing. 他突然猛咳了一阵。