- in a state of extreme excitement, and crying, laughing, etc. without any control歇斯底里的;情绪狂暴不可抑止的
- hysterical screams歇斯底里的尖叫
- a hysterical giggle无法控制的傻笑
- He became almost hysterical when I told him.我告诉他时,他几乎要发疯了。🔊🔊
- Let's not get hysterical.咱们别太激动。🔊🔊
- (disapproving) He thought I was being a hysterical female.他觉得我当时像个歇斯底里的女人。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- Calm down, you're getting hysterical.镇静一点,你太激动了。
- Emily realized that she sounded hysterical.埃米莉意识到自己说话时有些歇斯底里。
- Her parents were hysterical with panic.她的父母害怕得发狂了。
- Now Mary was almost hysterical.现在玛丽差不多歇斯底里了。
- The audience was almost hysterical with laughter.观众狂笑不已。
- The political rhetoric is increasingly hysterical.政治言辞日益发狂。
- Her screams broke into hysterical laughter.她先是尖叫,然后突然又歇斯底里地大笑起来。
- Janet became hysterical and began screaming.珍妮特歇斯底里起来,开始尖叫。
- The hysterical shrieks subsided into sobs.歇斯底里的尖叫声逐渐消退。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbprepositionSee full entry - (informal) extremely funny极其可笑的 synonym hilarious
- She seemed to find my situation absolutely hysterical.她好像觉得我的处境极端可笑。🔊🔊
- This book is hysterical.这本书歇斯底里。
- The whole episode was absolutely hysterical!这一集从头到尾好笑极了!
Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of hysterical and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbSee full entry