claustrophobia

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Psychology, psychiatryclaustrophobiaclaus‧tro‧pho‧bi‧a /ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbiə $ ˌklɒːstrəˈfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] MPFRIGHTENEDa strong fear of being in a small enclosed space or in a situation that limits what you can do → agoraphobia —claustrophobic adjective I get claustrophobic in elevators. a claustrophobic atmosphereExamples from the Corpusclaustrophobia• Although she definitely did suffer from claustrophobia, Sylvia was by no means the worst case I have seen.• She had never suffered from claustrophobia, but right now she could imagine just how its victims felt.• I was getting claustrophobia at my office at home.• It was agoraphobia but felt like claustrophobia.• What flies seeks the shadows of earth, what is earth-bound, air bursting: oases about to melt, claustrophobia gasping.• I have to fight against a feeling of claustrophobia here.• To be here, to have this happening, the claustrophobia of their fatuous intrigues?• The claustrophobia expresses their sense of the children being too close.Origin claustrophobia (1800-1900) Modern Latin Latin claustrum “bar keeping a door closed” ( → CLOISTER) + Modern Latin phobia “fear”

单词	claustrophobia
释义	claustrophobia From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Psychology, psychiatryclaustrophobiaclaus‧tro‧pho‧bi‧a /ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbiə $ ˌklɒːstrəˈfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] MPFRIGHTENEDa strong fear of being in a small enclosed space or in a situation that limits what you can do → agoraphobia —claustrophobic adjective I get claustrophobic in elevators. a claustrophobic atmosphereExamples from the Corpusclaustrophobia• Although she definitely did suffer from claustrophobia, Sylvia was by no means the worst case I have seen.• She had never suffered from claustrophobia, but right now she could imagine just how its victims felt.• I was getting claustrophobia at my office at home.• It was agoraphobia but felt like claustrophobia.• What flies seeks the shadows of earth, what is earth-bound, air bursting: oases about to melt, claustrophobia gasping.• I have to fight against a feeling of claustrophobia here.• To be here, to have this happening, the claustrophobia of their fatuous intrigues?• The claustrophobia expresses their sense of the children being too close.Origin claustrophobia (1800-1900) Modern Latin Latin claustrum “bar keeping a door closed” ( → CLOISTER) + Modern Latin phobia “fear”
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