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.
实用例句
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.
