| 单词 | catatonic |
| 释义 | catatonic (once / 43137 pages) adj Use the adjective catatonic to describe someone who is in an unresponsive stupor, as if suffering from a mental disorder. Sometimes in the summer it gets so hot that people lose all their energy and get catatonic. Catatonic can also be used to describe something that is related to psychiatric problems. Catatonic schizophrenia, for example, has symptoms that can include physical immobility, unresponsiveness, or strange movements. The weird thing about the word catatonic is that it can either mean not moving at all or moving in a frenzy — or it can mean having totally rigid muscles or having totally relaxed muscles. WORD FAMILYcatatonic: catatonia, catatonically USAGE EXAMPLES“It was common for us to see reactions where they were violent, incoherent, sometimes catatonic on the ground,” Austin police Lt. Seattle Times(Dec 17, 2016) When, as a young child, my mum died, I was nearly catatonically depressed, I didn’t speak with anyone. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) Utterly unsuited to medieval kingship, he was subject to catatonic fits. BBC(Oct 18, 2016) adj characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs |
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