Hydrophobia

[,haɪdrə(ʊ)'fəʊbɪə] or ['haɪdrə'fobɪə]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a morbid fear of water.

(noun.) a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.

戴维錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:

(n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.

恩里克錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [Med.] Canine madness.

艾维斯編輯

解釋/意思:

n. an unnatural dread of water a symptom of a disease known as Rabies usually resulting from the bite of a mad dog—hence the disease itself.—adj. Hydrophob′ic.

埃尔罗伊校對