paroxysm

Word family nounparoxysmadjectiveparoxysmal

Related topics: Illness & disability

par·ox·ys·m /ˈpærəksɪzəm/ noun [countableC]

1 a sudden expression of strong feeling that you cannot control 〔感情的〕突然发作

paroxysm of

Had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt?

她是否因为强烈的负罪感而割腕的？

2. MIa sudden, short attack of pain, coughing, shaking etc 〔疼痛、咳嗽、颤抖等的〕突然发作，阵发

Examples from the Corpus

paroxysm• With Omar gone, the house seemed to coil up in a paroxysm of eerie energy.• Or had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt?• Then she burst into a paroxysm of croaking laughter, spluttering wildly, her emaciated limbs rolling about under the covers.• If one trespasses beyond the limits, he quietly corrects the fault in a plea, never a paroxysm.• We disappear into the darkness, where nobody can see that we're not rolling around the floor in paroxysms of ecstasy.• There had been no mad paroxysm of love, with the inevitable bathos.• The house of his father contained all the acquisitiveness and greed that promised the paroxysm of class war.

paroxysm of• paroxysms of coughing

Origin paroxysm

(1500-1600) French paroxysme, from Greek paroxysmos, from paroxynein “to encourage into action”, from oxys “sharp”

词汇	paroxysm
释义	paroxysm Word family nounparoxysmadjectiveparoxysmal Related topics: Illness & disability par·ox·ys·m /ˈpærəksɪzəm/ noun [countableC] 1 a sudden expression of strong feeling that you cannot control 〔感情的〕突然发作 paroxysm of Had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt? 她是否因为强烈的负罪感而割腕的？ 2. MIa sudden, short attack of pain, coughing, shaking etc 〔疼痛、咳嗽、颤抖等的〕突然发作，阵发 Examples from the Corpus paroxysm• With Omar gone, the house seemed to coil up in a paroxysm of eerie energy.• Or had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt?• Then she burst into a paroxysm of croaking laughter, spluttering wildly, her emaciated limbs rolling about under the covers.• If one trespasses beyond the limits, he quietly corrects the fault in a plea, never a paroxysm.• We disappear into the darkness, where nobody can see that we're not rolling around the floor in paroxysms of ecstasy.• There had been no mad paroxysm of love, with the inevitable bathos.• The house of his father contained all the acquisitiveness and greed that promised the paroxysm of class war. paroxysm of• paroxysms of coughing Origin paroxysm (1500-1600) French paroxysme, from Greek paroxysmos, from paroxynein “to encourage into action”, from oxys “sharp”
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