阵痛 meaning in Chinese
[医学] labour pains; throes (of childbirth)
Examples
- The wave of pain receded almost as quickly as it had come .
阵痛来得快，去得也快。 - England was in the throes of a parliamentary campaign .
英国处于国会竞选的阵痛之中。 - World had to be in travail, that the meanest flower might blow .
社会必须经历阵痛以便让最卑微的花开放。 - Melanie was silent too, but at intervals her quiet face was wrenched with pain .
媚兰也默默无声，不过她那平静的面容不时要因阵痛而扭曲。 - Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart
阵阵痛苦的哭声在我心中萦绕回荡。