If you feel claustrophobic, a small closed space starts to scare you: a lift, a packed train, a room with no window, a cave. Your chest feels tight. You want out.

If you feel claustrophobic,如果你有幽閉恐懼的感覺， a small closed space starts to scare you:小的封閉空間就會開始讓你害怕： a lift, a packed train, a room with no window, a cave.像電梯、擠滿人的火車、沒有窗戶的房間、山洞。 Your chest feels tight.你的胸口會覺得緊。 You want out.你只想離開。

The word also covers a looser feeling about life, not only rooms. A job, a marriage, or a little town can feel claustrophobic when it limits what you can do and you cannot step away.

The word also covers這個字也可以形容 a looser feeling about life,對生活比較籠統的一種感覺， not only rooms.不只是房間而已。 A job, a marriage, or a little town一份工作、一段婚姻，或一個小鎮， can feel claustrophobic都可能讓人覺得幽閉、喘不過氣， when it limits what you can do and you cannot step away.只要它限制了你能做的事、讓你走不開。

People use the word in three everyday ways: for the person who has that fear, for the place that causes it, and for the trapped feeling itself.

People use the word in three everyday ways:這個字在日常生活中有三種用法： for the person who has that fear,形容有這種恐懼的人、 for the place that causes it,形容造成這種感覺的地方、 and for the trapped feeling itself.還有形容那種被困住的感覺本身。

Though actually, everyday talk stretches it. Someone who merely dislikes a crowd may say “I feel claustrophobic” without the strong, lasting fear a doctor would name claustrophobia. It is ordinary English; about rooms it sounds serious, about life it sounds a little dramatic.

Though actually,不過其實， everyday talk stretches it.日常說法會把這個字用得更寬鬆。 Someone who merely dislikes a crowd只是不喜歡人擠人的人 may say “I feel claustrophobic”也可能會說「我覺得很幽閉恐懼」 without the strong, lasting fear a doctor would name claustrophobia.但其實沒有醫生會稱作claustrophobia那種強烈、持續的恐懼。 It is ordinary English;這是很普通的英文； about rooms it sounds serious,講房間的時候聽起來很正經， about life it sounds a little dramatic.講生活的時候聽起來有點誇張。