hysteria
hysteria 英 [hɪˈstɪəriə] 美 [hɪˈstɪriə]
n. 癔病，歇斯底里；不正常的兴奋
名词复数:hysterias
- Hysteria is a medical condition or general state of extreme fear and panic. When hysteria sets in, people are out of control.
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- n. 癔病，歇斯底里；不正常的兴奋
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1. The trials soon escalated into mass hysteria, with townspeople vehemently accusing neighbors and acquaintances, almost all of them unmarried women, of being witches.
审判很快升级为集体歇斯底里，市民激烈地指着邻居和熟人是巫婆，特别是没结婚的妇女。
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2. Propelling this hysteria to its extreme, the Nazis sent these "sub-humans" to the gas chambers.
纳粹将这些“劣等民族”送入毒气室，把这种歇斯底里推向了极端。
- hysteria (n.) nervous disease, 1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from Greek hystera "womb," from PIE *udtero-, variant of *udero- "abdomen, womb, stomach" (see uterus). Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. With abstract noun ending -ia. General sense of "unhealthy emotion or excitement" is by 1839.
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