throes
noun /θrəʊz/
/θrəʊz/
[plural]Idioms - violent pains, especially at the moment of death
（尤指死亡时的）剧痛 - The creature went into its death throes.
这个生命到了临终疼痛阶段。
Collocations DictionaryThroes is used after these nouns:- death
词源Middle English throwe (singular); perhaps related to Old English thrēa, thrawu ‘calamity’, influenced by thrōwian ‘suffer’. - The creature went into its death throes.
Idioms
in the throes of something/of doing something
- in the middle of an activity, especially a difficult or complicated one
正在做，正忙于（尤指困难或复杂的活动） - The country was in the throes of revolutionary change.
国家正处于革命动荡中。 - We’re in the throes of moving to a new office, so the place is in chaos at the moment.
我们正处于搬到新办公室的阵痛中，所以这个地方现在很乱。
- The country was in the throes of revolutionary change.