paroxysm

🇺🇸 /ˈpærəksɪzəm/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpærəksɪzəm/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
noun
R

A sudden, intense outburst of emotion or feeling.

She was overcome by a paroxysm of fear when she saw the spider.

當她看到蜘蛛時,她被一陣恐懼的痙攣所征服。

R

A sudden, intense episode of a disease or condition, often causing physical discomfort.

He suffered a paroxysm of coughing that left him gasping for air.

他遭受了一陣劇烈的咳嗽,讓他喘不過氣來。

translation

n. 情感爆發, 發作

詞形變化

Plural paroxysms