单词 | phobic |
释义 | phobic (foʊbɪk ) Word forms: phobics 1. adjective A phobic feeling or reaction results from or is related to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of something. Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs. 2. adjective Someone who is phobic has a strong, irrational fear or hatred of something. In Victorian times people were phobic about getting on trains. They weren't used to it. [+ about] Phobic is also a noun. Social phobics quake at the thought of meeting strangers. -phobic (-foʊbɪk ) suffix -phobic occurs in words which describe something relating to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of people or things of a particular kind. I'm statistic-phobic, and hopelessly ignorant of medicine. |
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