Paroxysm

(noun.) a sudden uncontrollable attack; 'a paroxysm of giggling'; 'a fit of coughing'; 'convulsions of laughter'.

编辑:奥斯本

• She was laid down quite flat, as if resting languidly after some paroxysm of pain. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• She broke from me with hysterical vehemence, and threw herself on the sofa in a paroxysm of sobs and tears that shook her from head to foot. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Sloppy they left behind, relieving his overcharged breast with a paroxysm of mangling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I had merely announced to her my intention of keeping a man-servant, when she fell into the extraordinary paroxysm in which you found her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• And yet--and yet-- he clenched his thin hands in a paroxysm of conviction--I KNOW it's all wrong. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Scarcely a day passes, I assure Mr. Traddles, on which some paroxysm does not take place. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A strange transport took possession of her, all her veins were in a paroxysm of violent sensation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• While we renewed old acquaintance, Graham, sitting opposite, silently disposed of his paroxysm of astonishment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In a paroxysm of fear, the boy closed the book, and thrust it from him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I then descried Mr. and Mrs. Hubble; the last-named in a decent speechless paroxysm in a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• While I was speaking, a paroxysm of pain came on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But even in the midst of that paroxysm, he still essayed to repeat his favourite introduction of himself, 'Pa-ancks the gi-ipsy, fortune-telling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And so, when the paroxysms came on, each more severe than the last, they were fresh agonies, and greater disappointments to him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• And in the midst of their paroxysms, they glanced with deference at the four English strangers, the elect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• At the close of one of these paroxysms, when I had with great difficulty held him down in his bed, he sank into what appeared to be a slumber. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• These paroxysms pass from him like a cloud from before the sun, though his dejection never leaves him. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

整理:莱昂内尔