Concussion

(noun.) any violent blow.

(noun.) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness.

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• The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• And the concussion was so great that a column of Water, Smoke and fibres of the Sloop were cast from 80 to 100 feet in Air. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Bitzer picked up his cap, which the concussion had knocked off; and backing, and knuckling his forehead, pleaded that it was an accident. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The comfort of passengers and the safety of freight have also been greatly increased by the invention of _Buffers_ on railroad cars and trains to prevent sudden and violent concussion. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Thus advised, Mrs. Pocket took it the other way, and got its head upon the table; which was announced to all present by a prodigious concussion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Beside him lay the heavy poker, bent into a curve by the concussion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In about half a minute there was a sharp concussion, and Sadler said: 'See, it is that stuff on the steam plate. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Concussion of the brain, superinducing total mental aberration. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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