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Convulse Pull Kən'vʌls V.使震动,震惊 英 V,使震动,震惊 Shake Disturb

单词 convulse
音标 [kən'vʌls]
解释 v.使震动,震惊
红宝书 【英】 v,使震动,震惊 (to shake or disturb violently; agitate)
【记】 con+vulse(可能来自 pulse'推')→共同推 →震动
【同】 参考:vulnerable(易 受影响的,脆弱的)
字源 convulse (v.)
1640s, transitive; 1680s, intransitive; from Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere (transitive only) "to pull away, to pull this way and that, wrench," hence "to weaken, overthrow, destroy" (see convulsion). Related: Convulsed (1630s); convulsing.
不择手段背单词 v. 使强烈震动狂躁不安 = agitate; 使抽搐
【记】con共同, vulse = pulse(n 脉搏)-全身的脉搏共同跳动-使狂躁不安
【参】vulnerable(adj 易受影响的, 脆弱的)
趣味全助记 【记】源自vulnarable 受伤,全部受伤,身体会抽搐;音:坑瓦斯, 煤坑里中了瓦斯,会使人全身抽搐

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