convulse /kan'vAls; kan'vAls/ vt [VP6A] (usu in passive) cause violent movements or disturbances: (通常作被動語態(tài)) 使劇烈震動; 震撼; 搖動; 使起騷動; 使不安： ~d with laughter/anger/toothache; 大笑 (震怒; 牙齒劇痛); a country that has often been ~力 by earthquakes/civil war. 常為地震 (內(nèi)戰(zhàn)) 所苦的國家。