acrophobia
英 [,ækrə'fəʊbɪə]
美 [,ækrə'fobɪə]
英語の語源
- acrophobia (n.)
- "morbid fear of heights," 1887, medical Latin, from Greek akros "at the end, the top" (see acrid) + -phobia "fear." Coined by Italian physician Dr. Andrea Verga in a paper describing the condition, from which Verga himself suffered.
In this paper, read somewhat over a year ago at the congress of alienists at Pavia, the author makes confession of his own extreme dread of high places. Though fearless of the contagion of cholera, he has palpitations on mounting a step-ladder, finds it unpleasant to ride on the top of a coach or to look out of even a first-story window, and has never used an elevator. ["American Journal of Psychology," Nov. 1888, abstract of Verga's report]
例文
- 1. Having heart disease，hypertension or acrophobia or feeling bad.
- 心臓病、高血圧、高所恐怖症を患っている人、体の感覚が合わない人。
- 2.She has acrophobia and always becomes dizzy in a high-rise elevator.
- 彼女は高所恐怖症で、ビルのエレベーターに入るとめまいがする。
- 3.Claustrophobia and acrophobia in the same place,like two people in abed.
- はそこに逆さまにあり、幽閉症と高所恐怖症が同時に併存している。まるで2人が同じベッドで寝ているかのようだ。
- 4.Many people suffer from very serious acrophobia .
- 多くの人が深刻な高所恐怖症を患っている。
- 5.I wish to overcome acrophobia .
- 高所恐怖症を克服したい.
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