phobia

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n. 恐怖病, 恐惧症, 惧怕, 憎恶 [医] 恐怖[症]

发音

UK /ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
其它
US /ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

词形变化

phobiae phobiæ phobias 复数 phobias phobiae 复数 phobiæ 复数

别名

phoby

教材释义与例句

名词

恐怖，憎恶；恐惧症

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

    恐惧症

    I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.

  2. 2.

    An aversion or dislike (of something).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

anxiety disorder

下位词 2

agoraphobia social phobia

相关短语

specific phobia social phobia 社交恐怖症 needle phobia pedophile phobia

词源

First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

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