convulse
英 [kənˈvʌls]
美 [kənˈvʌls]
1. con- + vuls- + -e.
2. => tear up, pull up, pluck up, shake, destroy, overthrow.
3. => shake violently.
convulse 痉挛con-, 强调。-vul, 拔,扯,词源同vulture, wool.
- convulse (v.)
- 1640s, transitive; 1680s, intransitive; from Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere (transitive only) "to pull away, to pull this way and that, wrench," hence "to weaken, overthrow, destroy" (see convulsion). Related: Convulsed (1630s); convulsing.
- 1. This event convulse the whole world .
- 这个事件震惊中外。
- 2. Their bodies convulse, in agony , and, pain.
- 他们的什么颤抖着.
- 3. That frolick which shakes one man with laughter will convulse another with indignation.
- “嘻闹”,让一个人发笑,也让另一个人义愤.