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

• 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。
• Unless they are taken in doses high enough to cause flaccidity, anti-spasticity drugs usually do not prevent spasms.
  除非他们采取的剂量很高，足以造成痿，抗痉挛药物通常不会防止痉挛。
• Michael had some spasms in his lower back.
  而迈克尔的背部有些痉挛。
• The relaxation of muscular tissue results in the relief of pain due to rigidity and spasms in the muscles.
  肌肉组织的放松可以使得由于肌肉僵硬和痉挛引起的疼痛得到缓解。
• 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。
• The spasms occurred in the primary position of gaze and were induced by eccentric gaze.
  痉挛发生于凝视第一眼位，并可由偏心注视引发。
• Infantile spasms consist primarily of a sudden bending forward of the body with stiffening of the arms and legs;
  婴儿痉挛主要表现为躯体的突然向前弯曲，伴随胳膊或者腿的僵直；
• 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。
• This is now a mainstream treatment for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders; switching on the current calms the spot in the brain that is responsible for the tremors or spasms.
  目前DBS已成为治疗帕金森病和其他运动型疾病的主流技术，开放电流可使大脑中引发震颤和肌肉痉挛的病变区域恢复平静。
• Spasms tend to occur upon awakening or after feeding, and often occur in clusters of up to100 spasms.
  痉挛倾向于在清醒状态或喂养之后出现，经常以100次痉挛为一簇出现。