(hysterics)(informal)a wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction (非正式)歇斯底里的反应(或发作) the widow had hysterics and the inquest was wrapped up quickly. 那寡妇有歇斯底里的反应,因此审讯草草结束。 ■uncontrollable laughter 狂笑 this started them both giggling and they fled upstairs in hysterics. 这让他俩都哈哈大笑,然后狂笑着逃上楼去了。
a person suffering from hysteria 癔病患者
adjective
another term for hysterical (in sense 2) 同 hysterical (义项2)
语源
mid 17th cent. (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek husterikos 'of the womb', from hustera 'womb' (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb)