hysteria: [19] Greek hustérā meant ‘womb’ (it is related to Latin uterus ‘womb’). The adjective derived from it was husterikós ‘suffering in the womb’. This passed into Latin as hystericus, which formed the basis of the modern Latin noun hysteria, a term coined in the 19th century for a neurotic condition supposedly peculiar to women (in popular parlance it was called ‘the vapours’). Hysterectomy ‘surgical removal of the womb’ dates from the late 19th century. => uterus
hysteria (n.)
1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from hysteric (see hysterical) + abstract noun ending -ia.
hysteria 英文释义
1. state of violent mental agitation
2. excessive or uncontrollable fear
3. neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
hysteria 双语例句
1. All the lights went off, and mass hysteria broke out.
所有的灯都熄灭了，大家都变得歇斯底里起来。
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2. There's a very thin dividing line between joviality and hysteria.
激动和歇斯底里之间就一线之隔。
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3. No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria.
所有人都不由自主地受到狂热情绪的感染。
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4. He could whip a crowd into hysteria.
他能让一群人变得歇斯底里。
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5. His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
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hysteria 实用场景例句
public hysteria about AIDS
公众对艾滋病谈虎色变
牛津词典
the usual media hysteria that surrounds royal visits
媒体对于王室成员访问的惯常的大肆渲染
牛津词典
A note of hysteria crept into her voice.
她的声音听来有点歇斯底里。
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There was mass hysteria when the band came on stage.
乐队登台时观众一片疯狂。
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By now, she was screaming, completely overcome with hysteria.
现在她正在尖叫，完全处于癔病发作状态。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Several were hurt in the panic. 'It was mass hysteria,' said Rev John Borders.
数人在恐慌中受了伤。“人们都疯了，”约翰·博德斯牧师说。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria...
所有人都不由自主地受到狂热情绪的感染。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Moreover, four cases of acute lumbar sprain, hysteria, urticaria and facial spasm were introduced.
并例举其治疗急性腰扭伤 、 癔病 、 荨麻疹、面肌痉挛病例四则.
期刊摘选
She had worked herself into hysteria again.
她说着说着又歇斯底里大发作了.
教父部分
Hysteria, psychosis , torture, depression: I was told that if something is unpleasant, it's probably feminine.
