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claustrophobia

/klaw-struh-foh-bee-uh/US // ˌklɔ strəˈfoʊ bi ə //UK // (ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə, ˌklɒs-) //

幽闭恐惧症,幽闭恐怖症,幽闭症,封闭恐惧症

Related Words

sad悲伤,伤心,悲伤的,悲哀distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰neurosis神经症,神经衰弱,神经衰弱症,神经病restlessness烦躁不安,躁动不安,躁动,烦躁seasonal affective disorder季节性情绪紊乱,季节性情感障碍,季节性情感障碍症,季节性情绪障碍

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Psychiatry.

    • : an irrational or disproportionate fear of being in small or confined places and being unable to escape.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
climbing the walls爬墙,攀爬墙壁,攀墙,翻墙distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰neurosis神经症,神经衰弱,神经衰弱症,神经病restlessness烦躁不安,躁动不安,躁动,烦躁sad悲伤,伤心,悲伤的,悲哀seasonal affective disorder季节性情绪紊乱,季节性情感障碍,季节性情感障碍症,季节性情绪障碍temporary insanity暂时性精神错乱,暂时性的精神错乱,暂时性精神失常,暂时性精神分裂症winter blues冬日忧伤,冬日忧郁症,冬天的忧郁,冬日忧郁

Examples

  • What “Framing Britney Spears” evokes so viscerally is the claustrophobia and frustration of being Britney Spears.

  • When I stepped into his 6- by 13-foot cell, I had instant claustrophobia.

  • Arachnophobia is an irrational fear of spiders and claustrophobia is an irrational fear of small places.

  • You hear stories about going loopy from claustrophobia and stuff.

  • The cigar was his protection, his secret weapon, against the claustrophobia the mosquitero gave him.

  • I know it's horrible—many of our visitors suffer claustrophobia, but they just must be built that way.

  • Claustrophobia is the malady of those who have a horror of close quarters from which they can not easily make their escape.

  • To-day he was feeling the claustrophobia of London more acutely than usual.

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