apoplexy

名词 apoplexy:

1. a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
   同义词：stroke, cerebrovascular accident, CVA

1. The old man died of apoplexy.
   这位老人因中风死去。

ap.o.plex.y

n.（名词）
Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.
中风：神经功能的突然损害，尤指因脑损伤而导致；中风
A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue.
内出血：器官或组织内的突然出血
A fit of extreme anger; rage:
狂怒；暴怒：
例句：
.The proud . . . members suffered collective apoplexy, and this year they are out for blood.(David Finch)
.骄傲的…成员们经历了共同愤怒的痛苦，今年他们想杀人了.(戴维·芬奇)

来源：
Middle English apoplexie
中古英语 apoplexie
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin apoplôxia
源自 后期拉丁语 apoplôxia
from Greek
源自 希腊语
from apoplôssein [to cripple by a stroke]
源自 apoplôssein [因中风而变跛]
apo- [intensive prefix] * see apo-
apo- [强调性前缀] *参见 apo-
plôssein plôk- [to strike] * see pl3k- 2
plôssein plôk- [敲击，击球] *参见 pl3k- 2