名詞 apoplexy:

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

1. The old man died of apoplexy.
   這位老人因中風(fēng)死去。

ap.o.plex.y

n.（名詞）
Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.
中風(fēng)：神經(jīng)功能的突然損害，尤指因腦損傷而導(dǎo)致；中風(fēng)
A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue.
內(nèi)出血：器官或組織內(nèi)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)
.驕傲的…成員們經(jīng)歷了共同憤怒的痛苦，今年他們想殺人了.(戴維·芬奇)

來(lái)源：
Middle English apoplexie
中古英語(yǔ) apoplexie
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Late Latin apoplôxia
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) apoplôxia
from Greek
源自 希臘語(yǔ)
from apoplôssein [to cripple by a stroke]
源自 apoplôssein [因中風(fēng)而變跛]
apo- [intensive prefix] * see apo-
apo- [強(qiáng)調(diào)性前綴] *參見 apo-
plôssein plôk- [to strike] * see pl3k- 2
plôssein plôk- [敲擊，擊球] *參見 pl3k- 2