| 单词 | claustrophobia |
| 释义 | claustrophobiaWord family nounclaustrophobeclaustrophobiaadjectiveclaustrophobicadverbclaustrophobically Psychology, psychiatry claus·tro·pho·bi·a /ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbiə $ ˌklɒːstrəˈfoʊ-/ noun [uncountableU] MPFRIGHTENEDa strong fear of being in a small enclosed space or in a situation that limits what you can do 幽闭恐惧症 → agoraphobia —claustrophobic adjectiveadj I get claustrophobic in elevators. 我在电梯里就会感到幽闭恐怖。 a claustrophobic atmosphere 幽闭恐怖的气氛 Examples from the Corpus claustrophobia• Although she definitely did suffer from claustrophobia, Sylvia was by no means the worst case I have seen.• She had never suffered from claustrophobia, but right now she could imagine just how its victims felt.• I was getting claustrophobia at my office at home.• It was agoraphobia but felt like claustrophobia.• What flies seeks the shadows of earth, what is earth-bound, air bursting: oases about to melt, claustrophobia gasping.• I have to fight against a feeling of claustrophobia here.• To be here, to have this happening, the claustrophobia of their fatuous intrigues?• The claustrophobia expresses their sense of the children being too close. (1800-1900) Modern Latin Latin claustrum “bar keeping a door closed” ( → CLOISTER) + Modern Latin phobia “fear” |
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