a physical condition that affects people who regularly drink too much alcohol when they stop drinking alcohol for a while; they feel their body shaking and imagine that they are seeing things that are not really there (the abbreviation for ‘delirium tremens’) 震颤性谵妄(全写为 delirium tremens,喝酒太多导致身体震颤和出现幻觉) Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation, originally in the singular form DT (now rare).