convulsion [kənˈvʌlʃən]

例句:

• A sudden convulsion shook him, and he fell to the ground.
  一阵突然的痉挛使他全身发抖, 摔倒在地上.
  
• The child's nervous illness often threw her into convulsion.
  这孩子的神经性疾病常使她产生痉挛.
  
• The country was in ruin and convulsion.
  这个国家没落于动乱之中.
  
• Three per cent of children have at least one febrile convulsion.
  来自BBC
• They also have a one in three risk of a convulsion during a subsequent illness.
  来自BBC
• She turned away, shuddering off a convulsion as best she could, but another came and she was restless.
  来自NEWYORKER