paroxysm
noun[C]
uk/ˈpær.ɒk.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈper.ək.sɪ.zəm/asuddenandpowerfulexpressionofstrongfeeling,especiallyone that you cannotcontrol:
(尤指不可控制的感情)突发In asuddenparoxysmofjealousyhethrewherclothesout of thewindow.他突然妒火中烧,将她的衣服扔到了窗外。
paroxysms oflaughter阵阵狂笑
Synonyms
convulsion
fit
Strong feelings
- afire
- all-consuming
- anguish
- anguished
- ardent
- ferociously
- fierce
- fierceness
- fit to burstidiom
- fulminating
- pungently
- rabid
- rabidly
- reinforced
- rhapsodic
- riptide
- searing
- tingle
- torrid
- virulent