单词 | claustrophobia |
释义 | claustrophobia (klɔːstrəfoʊbiə ) 1. uncountable noun Someone who has claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places. 2. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN of noun] If you talk about the claustrophobia of a place or situation, you mean it makes you feel uncomfortable or unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted. In the claustrophobia of her parents' house she had no stimulus for creativity. Collocations: sense of claustrophobia He floated above the cabin, experiencing a strange sense of claustrophobia, the alienness of the element in which he moved. THE LAST RAVEN Certainly your letter conveys a sense of claustrophobia and of feeling constrained, particularly by the limited sporting opportunities. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Your description of how you feel evokes a real sense of claustrophobia. Times, Sunday Times (2011) |
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