spasm
英['spæz(ə)m]
美['spæzəm]
- n. [临床] 痉挛;抽搐;一阵发作
词态变化
复数: spasms;
助记提示
1. span (literally, 'stretch, tighten') => spasm.
2. spa + -sm (谐音“死麻”) => 泡温泉的时候,突然觉得腿部非常的麻木,原来是抽筋、痉挛了。
3. 谐音“死掰死(韧儿)麻”-----这就是腿脚抽筋、痉挛的症状。
中文词源
spasm 痉挛,抽搐,阵发性发作
来自拉丁语 spasmus,来自希腊语 spasmos,痉挛,抽搐,来自 PIE*spe,拉长,拉伸,词源同 span,spade,-asm,名词后缀。
英文词源
- spasm
- spasm: [14] A spasm is etymologically a sudden ‘stretching’ of a muscle (although in fact physiologically spasms are contractions of muscle tissue). The word comes via Old French spasme and Latin spasmus from Greek spasmós, a derivative of the verb span ‘pull’. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base *spə- ‘stretch’. The metaphorical notion of ‘intermittence’ (based on the intervals between spasms) emerged in the derived adjective spasmodic [17] in the 19th century.
=> stadium - spasm (n.)
- late 14c., "sudden violent muscular contraction," from Old French spasme (13c.) and directly from Latin spasmus "a spasm," from Greek spasmos "a spasm, convulsion," from span "draw up, tear away, contract violently, pull, pluck," from PIE *spe- "stretch." Figurative sense of "a sudden convulsion" (of emotion, politics, etc.) is attested from 1817.
- spasm (v.)
- 1900, from spasm (n.). Related: Spasmed; spasming.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.
- 缺镁会导致肌肉痉挛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Kemp felt a spasm of fear.
- 肯普突然感到一阵恐惧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The injection sent his leg into spasm .
- 一针打下去,他的腿就痉挛了。
来自《权威词典》