Word · Frequency #20595
delirium
谵妄；神志不清
核心释义
A temporary mental state of confusion, disorientation, and often hallucinations, especially as a result of illness or intoxication.
- 1.
突然发作的暂时性精神错乱状态,通常可逆,出现意识混乱、注意力不集中、定向障碍、焦虑,有时有幻觉；可由脱水、药物中毒或严重感染引起。
A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
- 2.
剧烈精神激动状态
state of violent mental agitation
- 3.
疯狂的兴奋或狂喜。
Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.
- 4.
通常是短暂的兴奋和精神混乱状态,常伴有幻觉
a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
极度狂躁；精神狂乱；狂热；欣喜若狂；突然发作的暂时性精神错乱状态,通常可逆,出现意识混乱、注意力不集中、定向障碍、焦虑,有时有幻觉；可由脱水、药物中毒或严重感染引起。；剧烈精神激动状态；疯狂的兴奋或狂喜。
用法In use
The patient's fever caused a state of delirium that lasted several hours.
用法提示：此处delirium作名词，意为‘谵妄’，描述一种精神混乱的状态。
After three sleepless nights, she experienced moments of delirium where she could not recognize her own family.
用法提示：delirium作为不可数名词，表示‘精神错乱’的具体表现。
The crowd was in a delirium of excitement when the team won the championship.
用法提示：此处delirium引申为‘狂热’，作为不可数名词。
delirium of noun
表示极度兴奋或混乱的状态，N通常为抽象名词。
The crowd was in a delirium of excitement.
人群处于兴奋的狂乱中。
in a state of delirium
用于描述因疾病或药物引起的意识模糊。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- delirium tremens
- 震颤性谵妄（酒精戒断引起的严重谵妄）
- He was admitted to the hospital with delirium tremens after he stopped drinking abruptly.他突然停止饮酒后，因震颤性谵妄被送进医院。
- in a delirium
- 处于谵妄状态，神志不清地
- The fever was so high that the child was in a delirium and called for her mother.高烧太严重，孩子神志不清，喊着要妈妈。
- acute delirium
- 急性谵妄
- Acute delirium often develops quickly in elderly patients during a hospital stay.住院期间，老年患者常常会迅速出现急性谵妄。
- postoperative delirium
- 术后谵妄
- Postoperative delirium can lengthen the recovery time after major surgery.术后谵妄会延长大手术后的恢复时间。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：发烧时‘地里热’（dì lǐ rè），人便神志不清、狂躁说胡话——delirium。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical reports、literary prose delirium 一词在医学语境中多用于正式描述谵妄状态，在文学或修辞表达中则常用来形容极度兴奋或狂热。日常口语中较少见，整体语域随语境偏书面或正式。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
criterium (/-ˈtɪriəm/) is a genuine rhyme for the stressed ending /-ˈlɪriəm/ of delirium. The other -ium words are spelling lookalikes only: stadium, museum, auditorium, medium, and aquarium all have different vowels or stress, so they do not rhyme with delirium.
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