英语单词

claustrophobia是什么意思

claustrophobia

英 [,klɔːstrə'fəʊbɪə] 美 ['klɔstrə'fobɪə]
  • n. [心理] 幽闭恐怖症

中文词源


claustrophobia 幽闭恐惧症

claustro-,关闭,幽闭,词源同close.-phobia,害怕,词源同zoophobia,动物恐惧症。

英文词源


claustrophobia
claustrophobia: see cloister
claustrophobia (n.)
"morbid fear of being shut up in a confined space," coined 1879 (in article by Italian-born, French-naturalized Swiss-English physician Dr. Benjamin Ball (1834-1892)) from Latin claustrum "a bolt, a means of closing; a place shut in, confined place, frontier fortress" (in Medieval Latin "cloister"), past participle of claudere "to close" (see close (v.)) + -phobia "fear."

双语例句


1. He experienced feelings of claustrophobia from being in a small place.
他呆在一个狭小的地方,体验到了幽闭恐惧症的感觉。

来自柯林斯例句

2. to suffer from claustrophobia
患幽闭恐怖症

来自《权威词典》

3. I hate lifts — they give me claustrophobia.
我讨厌电梯——电梯使我有幽闭恐惧感.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. In the claustrophobia of her parents' house she had no stimulus for creativity.
在父母那所令人感到封闭恐惧的房子里,没有任何东西可以刺激她的创作。

来自柯林斯例句

5. People with claustrophobia have a horror of being trapped in the lift.
有幽闭恐怖症的人极度恐惧困在电梯里.

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