Claustrophobia is a strong fear of being shut in — a lift, a packed train, a tiny room with no window — or of a situation that leaves you little room to move, even if the walls are not real. The body can react: a fast heart, sweat, a need to get out.

Claustrophobia幽閉恐懼症 is a strong fear of being shut in是一種對被關起來的強烈恐懼——a lift, a packed train, a tiny room with no window像電梯、擠滿人的火車、沒有窗戶的小房間——or of a situation that leaves you little room to move或是讓你幾乎沒有活動空間的處境，even if the walls are not real就算牆壁不是真的。The body can react身體會有反應：a fast heart, sweat, a need to get out心跳加快、冒汗、很想逃出去。

Doctors use it as the name of a real fear. Everyday people also borrow it more loosely: “I get claustrophobia in this office” may just mean they feel trapped, not that a doctor would give it that name.

Doctors use it as the name of a real fear醫生用這個字稱呼一種真正的恐懼症。Everyday people also borrow it more loosely一般人也會比較鬆散地借用這個字："I get claustrophobia in this office"「I get claustrophobia in this office」我在這間辦公室會有幽閉恐懼症 may just mean they feel trapped可能只是說他們覺得被困住了，not that a doctor would give it that name不是醫生真的會這樣診斷。

Though actually, that looser use is very common, and it helps to hear the difference: one is a condition, the other is a feeling people hang the word on. The sense we are writing covers both the tight space and the “I cannot move in my life” stretch.

Though actually不過事實上，that looser use is very common這種比較鬆散的用法很常見，and it helps to hear the difference分清楚這個差別會有幫助：one is a condition一個是病症，the other is a feeling people hang the word on另一個只是人們拿這個字來掛的一種感覺。The sense we are writing covers both我們在寫的這個詞義兩者都包含 the tight space狹小空間那個意思，and the "I cannot move in my life" stretch還有「人生動彈不得」的延伸意思。