| 单词 | in hysterics |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin hysterics Phrases in hysterics. a. Overwhelmed by extreme emotion or agitation, esp. as a result of acute distress. ΚΠ 1746 T. Short Medicina Britannica 13 The Smell of the former is good for Women in Hysterics. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xiii. 99 The woman..was taken out of the coach in violent hysterics. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. v. 75 Disorderly lacqueys, peccant maids, and cooks in hysterics. 2011 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 July 2 She was just a mess, in hysterics and screaming. b. Laughing uncontrollably. ΚΠ 1911 E. B. Morris Junior i. 10 in College Comedies Every time he bowed he split his tights in a different place, until the audience was simply in hysterics. 1938 China Press (Shanghai) 27 June 3/1 When anyone visited the set he almost always found the company in hysterics over some remark by Miss Lombard or some prank engineered by Director Mervyn Le-Roy. 2018 Sun (Nexis) 3 Aug. Khloe really struggled to pull off the accent, leaving everyone in hysterics. < as lemmas |
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