单词 | astraphobia |
释义 | astraphobia in British English or astrophobia (ˌæstrəˈfəʊbɪə) noun a fear of thunder and lightning Derived forms astraphobic (ˌastraˈphobic) or astrophobic (ˌastroˈphobic) adjective Word origin C20: see astro-, -phobiaastraphobia in American English (ˌæstrəˈfoubiə) noun Psychiatry an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning Also: astrapophobia (ˌæstrəpəˈfoubiə) Word origin [‹ Gk astra(pe᷄) lightning + -phobia]-phobia is a combining form meaning “fear,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia). On this model, -phobia is used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense “dread of, aversiontoward” that specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -phobia include: Anglophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, aviophobia, photophobiaWord lists with phobia |
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