throe

• n. 阵痛；剧痛
• vi. 使…痛苦

来自中古英语 throwe,剧痛，尤指分娩的痛苦，临死前的挣扎，词源不详，可能来自古英语 thrawan,扭曲，挣扎，词源同 throw,torque.

1. severe spasm of pain;

"the throes of dying"

"the throes of childbirth"

2. hard or painful trouble or struggle;

"a country in the throes of economic collapse"

throe (n.)

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

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

一阵极度痛苦的剧痛 -- 一阵真正绝望的苦闷 -- 撕裂着和冲击着我的心.

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