claustrophobia
英 [,klɔːstrə'fəʊbɪə]
美 ['klɔstrə'fobɪə]
中文詞源
claustrophobia 幽閉恐懼症claustro-,關閉，幽閉，詞源同close.-phobia,害怕，詞源同zoophobia,動物恐懼症。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. He experienced feelings of claustrophobia from being in a small place.
- 他呆在一個狹小的地方，體驗到了幽閉恐懼症的感覺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. to suffer from claustrophobia
- 患幽閉恐怖症
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. I hate lifts — they give me claustrophobia.
- 我討厭電梯——電梯使我有幽閉恐懼感.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. In the claustrophobia of her parents' house she had no stimulus for creativity.
- 在父母那所令人感到封閉恐懼的房子裏，沒有任何東西可以刺激她的創作。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. People with claustrophobia have a horror of being trapped in the lift.
- 有幽閉恐怖症的人極度恐懼困在電梯裏.
來自互聯網