- paroxysm of something
a sudden strong feeling or expression of an emotion that cannot be controlled 突然发作 paroxysms of hate 突然满腔仇恨 a paroxysm of laughter 一阵狂笑
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medical 医学 a sudden short attack of pain, causing physical shaking that cannot be controlled 阵发痛
Word Originlate Middle English: from French paroxysme, via medieval Latin from Greek paroxusmos, from paroxunein ‘exasperate’, from para- ‘beyond’ + oxunein ‘sharpen’ (from oxus ‘sharp’).