concussion: [15] The etymological notion underlying concussion is of ‘violent shaking’; the modern connotation of a ‘jarring injury to the brain’ did not emerge until the 16th century. The word comes from late Latin concussiō, a noun derived from the past participial stem of concutere ‘shake violently’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and -cutere, an alteration of quatere ‘shake, strike’ (its variant quassāre was the source of English quash and cashier ‘dismiss’, and probably lies behind cascara [19], etymologically ‘bark broken off the tree’).
The verb concuss is 17th-century. The related percussion [16] comes ultimately from Latin percutere ‘strike through’. => cascara, cashier, percussion, quash, rescue
concussion (n.)
c. 1400, from Latin concussionem (nominative concussio) "a shaking," noun of action from past participle stem of concutere "shake violently," from com- "together" (see com-) + quatere "to shake" (see quash). Modern brain injury sense is from 1540s.
实用例句
1. Nicky was rushed to hospital with concussion.
尼基因脑震荡被火速送往医院。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was taken to hospital with concussion.
他因脑震荡被送进医院。
来自《权威词典》
3. He was carried off the field with slight concussion.
他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She suffers from brain concussion.
她得了脑震荡.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. She fell off a horse and suffered a concussion.
