Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #18551
claustrophobic
患幽闭恐惧症的；害怕封闭空间的
核心释义
suffering from claustrophobia; afraid of enclosed spaces
- 1.
患幽闭恐惧症的；害怕封闭空间的
Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
- 2.
狭窄封闭得令人感到幽闭恐惧的
Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
狭窄封闭令人感到幽闭恐惧的；狭窄封闭得令人感到幽闭恐惧的；(患)幽闭恐怖症的；导致幽闭恐怖症的
用法In use
I feel claustrophobic in small elevators.
用法提示：claustrophobic 作表语形容词，描述人在封闭空间中的恐惧感受。
The room was so claustrophobic that I had to open the window.
用法提示：claustrophobic 作定语形容词，修饰房间，表示狭窄封闭令人不适。
She avoids crowded underground trains because they make her claustrophobic.
用法提示：claustrophobic 用于 make + 宾语 + 形容词的复合宾语结构，表示导致某人的感受。
feel + claustrophobic
主语为人，后接 in + 地点，表示人在某处因空间封闭而感到恐惧。
He feels claustrophobic in small elevators.
他在小电梯里感到幽闭恐惧。
find + something + claustrophobic
find 后接宾语和形容词补足语，表示某人对某事的感受。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- feel claustrophobic
- 感到幽闭恐惧
- I feel claustrophobic in small elevators.我在狭小的电梯里感到幽闭恐惧。
- get claustrophobic
- 变得害怕封闭空间
- She gets claustrophobic if she stays in a windowless room.如果待在无窗的房间里，她会变得害怕封闭空间。
- claustrophobic room
- 令人感到幽闭恐惧的房间
- The windowless office felt like a claustrophobic room.这间没有窗户的办公室让人感到幽闭恐惧。
- claustrophobic space
- 狭小得令人害怕的空间
- He cannot work in claustrophobic spaces.他无法在狭小得让人害怕的空间里工作。
- claustrophobic atmosphere
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把claustro联想成closet（壁橱），被关在壁橱里当然恐惧。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常谈论狭小空间、医学或心理描述 该词通常用于描述与幽闭恐惧相关的心理感受，也可形容空间窄小令人窒息。它在日常口语和较正式的医学、心理语境中都常见，属于中性词；具体选择可根据话题调整：谈个人感受时偏口语，临床描述时偏正式。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -phobic rhyme with claustrophobic: phobic, homophobic, xenophobic, hydrophobic, acrophobic. Beware lookalikes: claustrophobia ends in /fəʊbiə/ and does not rhyme; catastrophic (/ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk/) looks similar but has a different stressed vowel and ending.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.