English Dictionary

spasm

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈspæz.əm/

名詞

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. / A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. / A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

日本語の意味

筋肉、筋群、または空洞器官の突然かつ不随意な収縮。 / 激痛を伴う激しい痙攣発作。 / 急激かつ一時的なエネルギー、活動、または感情の爆発的な発現。

During the concert, the guitarist's hand froze in a painful spasm, forcing him to stop playing mid-song.

コンサートの最中、ギタリストの手は痛みを伴う突然のけいれんで固まり、途中で演奏をやめざるを得なかった。

意味（1）

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.

Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.

意味（2）

A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.

意味（3）

A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection.

spasms （ plural ）