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Claustrophobic Feel Enclosed I Describe Small Fear Spaces

英语单词 claustrophobic
英美音标 英 [ˌklɔːstrə'fəʊbɪk] 美 [ˌklɔːstrə'foʊbɪk]
中文释义 adj.(患)幽闭恐怖症的;引起幽闭恐怖的
英语例句 (1) I told them I was claustrophobic, I gotta get outta here!
(2) The staff members are jammed into a nest of claustrophobic offices.
中文例句 (1) 我要告诉他们我有幽闭恐惧症,我必须从这里面出去!
(2) 工作人员被塞进让人会感到幽闭恐怖的办公室里。
vocabulary简明 Claustrophobic can be used to describe someone with a fear of small, enclosed spaces. If you're claustrophobic, there is almost nothing scarier than the prospect of being trapped in an elevator for a long time.
vocabulary扩展 The Latin phobia means fear. In this case, it's paired with claudere, which means "to close;" claustrophobic describes a fear of being in a small, closed-off spaces. You can use this word to talk about someone with a psychiatric condition or with a milder affliction, even just a dislike for tiny or enclosed areas. You can also use claustrophobic to describe a place that makes you feel panicked, like the claustrophobic room at the library where your manga club meets every week.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方等)引起幽闭恐惧的 You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • They lived in an unhealthily claustrophobic atmosphere...

    他们生活在一种令人感到幽闭恐惧的不健康氛围里。

  • The house felt too claustrophobic.

    这所房子太让人感到幽闭恐惧了。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]感觉幽闭恐惧的 If you feel claustrophobic, you feel very uncomfortable or anxious when you are in a small, crowded, or enclosed place.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • The churning, pressing crowds made her feel claustrophobic.

    挤来挤去的密集人群使她感到一种透不过气的恐惧。

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