spasms

英 [ˈspæzmz]

美 [ˈspæzəmz]

n.  痉挛; 抽搐; (感情或反应)一阵阵发作，阵发
spasm的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 痉挛;抽搐
  Aspasmis a sudden tightening of your muscles, which you cannot control.
  1. A muscular spasm in the coronary artery can cause a heart attack...
     冠状动脉的肌肉痉挛可能导致心脏病。
  2. A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.
     缺镁会导致肌肉痉挛。
• N-COUNT (剧痛或不愉快情感的)阵发，迸发
  Aspasmis a sudden strong pain or unpleasant emotion which lasts for a short period of time.
  1. A spasm of pain brought his thoughts back to the present...
     一阵剧痛把他的思绪拉回到了现在。
  2. Kemp felt a spasm of fear.
     肯普突然感到一阵恐惧。

双语例句

• Infantile spasms in children this young are very serious and this approval provides these patients and their parents a treatment option.
  儿童期的婴儿痉挛严重，这一批准使这些患者和其父母有了治疗上的选择。
• She says the spasms make her legs dance.
  她说痉挛让她的腿像跳舞一样。
• The smile died, squeezed out by spasms of anticipation and anxiety.
  一阵阵预测和焦虑把她脸上的微笑挤掉了。
• This phase is followed by twitching and jerking, and the victim will lapse into a coma and suffocate as a consequence of convulsive spasms.
  这个阶段之后将出现颤搐和痉挛现象，受害者将由于抽搐痉挛而陷入昏迷和窒息状态。
• Athletes know that cold weather can induce muscle spasms.
  运动员知道寒冷的天气可能会引起肌肉痉挛。
• But overeating can lead to liver damage, muscle spasms and problems with the nervous system.
  但是过度食用就会导致肝损伤，肌肉痉挛和神经系统问题。
• The relaxation or relief of muscle spasms. Ours is no easy task.
  放松或减轻肌肉的痉挛。我们的任务绝不轻松。
• The relaxation or relief of muscle spasms. The aching in his arms had dulled.
  放松或减轻肌肉的痉挛。胳膊里的疼痛早已减轻。
• The resulting spasms, seizures, convulsions and comas were supposed to jar her from her puerperal psychosis, the term then used in England for postpartum depression.
  人们认为，由此产生的痉挛、抽搐、惊厥和昏迷可以让她从产后精神病中恢复过来。当年在英格兰，产后精神病指的就是产后抑郁症。
• Often the dormant viruses also infect the discs between the vertebrae causing back pain, slipped disks and muscle spasms.
  经常的，休眠的病毒也会感染椎骨之间的隔膜，造成后背疼痛、椎间盘滑位和肌肉痉挛。