claustrophobia
英 [,klɔːstrə'fəʊbɪə]
美 ['klɔstrə'fobɪə]
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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