Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | paroxismo |
| esperanto | paroksismo |
| italia | parossismo, raptus, acme |
| kreikka | παροξυσμός (paroxysmós / paroksysmós) |
| ranska | paroxysme |
| ruotsi | paroxysm |
| saksa | Paroxysmus |
| suomi | kohtaus |
| venäjä | при́ступ (prístup), парокси́зм (paroksízm), припадок (pripadok) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.
- (countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.
- (countable, archaic) An outburst of a violent argument or disagreement.
- (countable, chiefly geology) A violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, thunderstorm, or volcanic eruption; specifically (volcanology), the most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions.
- (uncountable, rare) Disastrous or sudden change.
Esimerkit
- Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage.
- The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
- «There, on the soft sand, a few feet away from our elders, we would sprawl all morning, in a petrified paroxysm of desire, and take advantage of every blessed quirk in space and time to touch each other[...]»
- Indeed in his excitement at this breakthrough he inadvertently dug his nails into the nurse's bottom, a gesture she misinterpreted, so that he had to suffer a paroxysm of breasts and loins in response.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | paroxysms |