释义 |
hypochondriachy‧po‧chon‧dri‧ac /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk $ -ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable] - Don't be such a hypochondriac - it's only a cold!
- She's a bit of a hypochondriac - always looking up her minor illnesses in a medical book.
- But it has become difficult to convince those hypochondriacs who also happen to be cat owners that there is no danger.
- It was evident from the young man's circumspect excitement that he thought he'd got his first genuine schizophrenic hypochondriac.
- The jetset hostess was a hypochondriac who could not manage without sleeping pills.
- They seemed to think I was a professional hypochondriac.
- We were all, it is fair to say, hypochondriacs.
someone who imagines they are ill► hypochondriac someone who often thinks that they are ill when they are not and worries too much about their health: · Don't be such a hypochondriac - it's only a cold!· She's a bit of a hypochondriac - always looking up her minor illnesses in a medical book. someone who always worries about their health and thinks they may be ill, even when they are really not ill—hypochondriac adjective |