apoplexy
/ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/
词源链
- 中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年
继承
- 英语English
apoplexy
词源说明
Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.
释义
名词noun
- 1(medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
- 2informalA state of intense anger; uncontrollable fury so intense as to have effects like a stroke.