• n. [臨床] 痙攣；抽搐；一陣發作

來自拉丁語 spasmus,來自希臘語 spasmos,痙攣，抽搐，來自 PIE*spe,拉長，拉伸，詞源同 span,spade,-asm,名詞后綴。

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 *sp?- ‘stretch’. The metaphorical notion of ‘intermittence’ (based on the intervals between spasms) emerged in the derived adjective spasmodic [17] in the 19th century.
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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.

1. A spasm of pain brought his thoughts back to the present.

一陣劇痛把他的思緒拉回到了現在。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A muscular spasm in the coronary artery can cause a heart attack.

冠狀動脈的肌肉痙攣可能導致心臟病。

來自柯林斯例句

3. A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.

缺鎂會導致肌肉痙攣。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Kemp felt a spasm of fear.

肯普突然感到一陣恐懼。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The injection sent his leg into spasm .

一針打下去，他的腿就痙攣了。

來自《權威詞典》