an extreme fear of being shut in a small place; the unpleasant feeling that a person gets in a situation that limits them 幽闭恐怖(症);因受限制而产生的不适感 to suffer from claustrophobia 患幽闭恐怖症 She felt she had to escape from the claustrophobia of family life. 她感到她得摆脱家庭生活的那种幽闭感觉了。 I hate lifts—they give me claustrophobia. 我讨厌电梯——电梯使我有幽闭恐惧感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + claustrophobia- get
- suffer from
- give somebody
- …
- a feeling of claustrophobia
Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin claustrum ‘lock, bolt’ + -phobia (see phobia).