单词 | acrophobe |
释义 | acrophoben. A person who suffers from acrophobia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational fears > person hydrophobist1840 phobist1883 acrophobe1894 agoraphobe1894 agoraphobic1898 ailurophobe1905 claustrophobe1911 phobiac1911 phobic1911 arachnophobe1925 claustrophobiac1934 claustrophobic1953 mycophobe1957 aerophobe1966 necrophobe1973 computerphobe1974 aerophobic1978 computer-phobic1983 toxiphobiac- 1894 H. M. Bannister tr. E. Régis Pract. Man. Mental Med. 270 An American alienist, who confesses himself an acrophobe like Verga [Fr. qui se reconnait acrophobe, comme Verga], noticed among his sensations at the moment of the attack, a quick and painful contraction of the scrotum. 1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 318/1 The acrophobe's ‘cold sweat’ at the mere mention of the objects of his dread. 1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life v. 105 She used to force herself..like an acrophobe who makes himself look over a parapet. 1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick i. 9 Edwin was an acrophobe. His head began to spin. 1999 N. Barr Blind Descent ii. 28 All that existed was the bright yellow-and-blue weave of the line that held her, and the rough russet of her battered leather gloves. An ideal rappel for an acrophobe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1894 |
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