"morbid fear of being shut up in a confined space," coined 1879 (in article by Italian-born, French-naturalized Swiss-English physician Dr. Benjamin Ball (1834-1892)) from Latin claustrum "a bolt, a means of closing; a place shut in, confined place, frontier fortress" (in Medieval Latin "cloister"), past participle of claudere "to close" (see close (v.)) + -phobia "fear."
雙語例句
1. He experienced feelings of claustrophobia from being in a small place.
他呆在一個狹小的地方，體驗到了幽閉恐懼癥的感覺。
來自柯林斯例句
2. to suffer from claustrophobia
患幽閉恐怖癥
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. I hate lifts — they give me claustrophobia.
我討厭電梯——電梯使我有幽閉恐懼感.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. In the claustrophobia of her parents' house she had no stimulus for creativity.
在父母那所令人感到封閉恐懼的房子里，沒有任何東西可以刺激她的創(chuàng)作。
來自柯林斯例句
5. People with claustrophobia have a horror of being trapped in the lift.