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cabin fever

noun

  1. a state characterized by anxiety, restlessness, and boredom, arising from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place.


cabin fever

noun

  1. acute depression resulting from being isolated or sharing cramped quarters in the wilderness, esp during the long northern winter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cabin fever1

An Americanism dating back to 1915鈥20
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Idioms and Phrases

Distress or anxiety caused by prolonged confinement in a small or remote place, as in We've been snowed in for a week and everyone has cabin fever . Originating in the West, this term at first alluded to being penned up in a remote cabin during a long winter but has since been applied more broadly. [Late 1800s]
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Thanks to a monster snowstorm that hit the area, the family had been cooped up inside for several days 鈥 and cabin fever was setting in.

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鈥淲ith the temperature about to turn from frigid to a little warmer, it鈥檚 likely more New Yorkers may have cabin fever and more will want to come to our parks,鈥 he said.

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You could create whole playlists exploring an individual element of weather, or a particular season 鈥 including the months of cabin fever, when the garden may be mostly out of reach.

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You can blame California鈥檚 wild winter for all sorts of havoc this spring and summer: moldy, leaking roofs, plagues of mosquitoes, cabin fever.

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This pure-hearted indie pop record is stuffed with radiant jams like living room romper 鈥淩isky Business Feeling鈥 鈥 a cabin fever combatant for early pandemic times.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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