Convulsion

(noun.) a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval.

(noun.) a violent disturbance; 'the convulsions of the stock market'.

(noun.) violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles.

校对:利昂

• I saw the old man throw up his arms, a terrible convulsion passed over his grim face, and he fell back in his chair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Christian turned and flung himself on the ferns in a convulsion of remorse, O, what shall I do with my wretched self? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In short, she declares she apprehends a convulsion fit. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I know it is ignoble: a mere fever of the flesh: not, I declare, the convulsion of the soul. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• More than once, as she thus lay, a slight convulsion shook the sick-bed, and a faint sob broke the silence round it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Here the little man indulged in a convulsion of mirth, which was only checked by the entrance of a third party. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A convulsion of despair crossed the love-beaming face of Adrian, while with set teeth he murmured, Yet they shall be saved! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• With another strange, sick convulsion, she turned away, as if she were sick, could feel dissolution setting-in in her body. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• At this point the whole routineer scheme of things collapses, there is a period of convulsion and C?sarean births, and men weary of excitement sink back into a newer routine. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Suddenly, a slight convulsion of the upper lip induced me to place my trembling hand on my sister's heart. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Uttering these words, the good lady pointed, distractedly, to the cupboard, and underwent a convulsion from internal spasms. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• As soon as Gerald entered the firm, the convulsion of death ran through the old system. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Every nation that carries in its bosom great and unredressed injustice has in it the elements of this last convulsion. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Tom and Miss Ophelia alone seemed to have any presence of mind; for Marie was in strong hysteric convulsions. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He at last fell down in convulsions. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This his selected task was exchanged for the far different one of encountering the ruin caused by the convulsions of physical nature. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• When I enquired for them, the man to whom I spoke, uttered the word plague, and fell at my feet in convulsions; he also was infected. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Margaret started to her feet,--for she thought, by the working of his face, he was going into convulsions. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• She had been taken with a sudden fright, my mistress said, and master he told us she was in a fit of convulsions. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Convulsions came on; and when they ceased, Mrs. Hale was unconscious. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Even ignorant infancy appeared with timorous shrieks and convulsions to acknowledge the presence of unseen powers. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She had been so wearied out, before that, by the convulsions, that she never stirred hand or foot, or spoke a word to anybody. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The Captain thought so, and raved about her in uncouth convulsions. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Instantly she went into fearful convulsions, and it was with the greatest difficulty that six strong men could hold her. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• With this, Mr. Weller launched into convulsions of laughter, while Sam regarded him with a broad grin gradually over-spreading his whole countenance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I was very fond of stories, and had a choice lot, always kept fresh, with which I could usually throw a man into convulsions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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