Delirium



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 精神错乱
• ［英］ n. 精神错乱 ( a temporary state of extreme mental disorder; insanity; mania )
• ［类］ coma : unconsciousness / delirium : confusion ( 昏迷是一种无知觉状态 / 精神错乱是一种混淆状态)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de- + lira furrow — more at learn
• Date: circa 1563
• 1. an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
• 2. frenzied excitement <he would stride about his room in a delirium of joy — Thomas Wolfe>

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