• n. 陣痛；劇痛
• vi. 使…痛苦

來自中古英語 throwe,劇痛，尤指分娩的痛苦，臨死前的掙扎，詞源不詳，可能來自古英語 thrawan,扭曲，掙扎，詞源同 throw,torque.

throe (n.)

c. 1200, throwe "pain, pang of childbirth, agony of death," of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English trawan "twist, turn, writhe" (see throw (v.)), or altered from Old English trea (genitive trawe) "affliction, pang, evil; threat, persecution" (related to trowian "to suffer"), from Proto-Germanic *thrawo (cognates: Middle High German dro "threat," German drohen "to threaten"). Modern spelling first recorded 1610s. Related: Throes.

1. A pang of exquisite suffering - a throe of true despair - rent and heaved my heart.

一陣極度痛苦的劇痛 -- 一陣真正絕望的苦悶 -- 撕裂著和沖擊著我的心.

來自辭典例句