%的人患有振动幻听综合症

Many ofus have reached in our pockets, feeling a vibration, wrongly believing our mobile phones have just rung.

许多人都曾有过这样的错觉：觉得手机在振动，于是去口袋拿手机，结果手机根本没响。

The phenomenon even has a name: "phantom vibration syndrome" - and foundit is surprisingly common.

Now scientists believe that we are so alert for phone calls and messages we are misinterpreting slight muscle spasms as proof of a call.

Robert Rosenberger, an assistant professor at the Georgia Tech Institute of Technologyhas studied the delusional calls.

He said sufferers describe a vague tingling feeling which they think is their mobile phone indicating it has received a text message or call while on"silent".

But when the device is retrieved, there was no one on the other end.

Dr Rosenberger said "I find so many people say, 'This happens to me, but Ithought I was the only one, I thought I was weird.'"

It seems that the syndrome particularly affects people at the beck and call of mobile phones or pagers.

1vibration

n.颤动，振动；摆动

参考例句：

• There is so much vibration on a ship thatone cannot write.船上的震动大得使人无法书写。

•  The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震动把我惊醒了。

2 phantom

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if shewere a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。

• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

3 syndrome

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentifiedvirus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。

• Results indicated that 11 fetuses hadDown syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

4 spasms

n.痉挛( spasm的名词复数 )；抽搐；（能量、行为等的）突发；发作

参考例句：

• After the patient received acupuncturetreatment,his spasms eased off somewhat. 病人接受针刺治疗后，痉挛稍微减轻了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

•  The smile died, squeezed out by spasms ofanticipation and anxiety. 一阵阵预测和焦虑把她脸上的微笑挤掉了。来自辞典例句

5 delusional

妄想的

参考例句：

• You became delusional and attackedseveral people trying to escape. 你产生了错觉并攻击了许多人还试图逃走。来自电影对白

• He is incoherent, delusional, sufferingauditory hallucinations. 他出现无逻辑的，妄想的，幻听的症状。来自电影对白

6 tingling

v.有刺痛感( tingle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• My ears are tingling [humming; ringing;singing]. 我耳鸣。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

• My tongue is tingling. 舌头发麻。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 retrieved

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left inthe train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。来自《简明英汉词典》

• He reached over and retrieved his jacketfrom the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。来自辞典例句

8 weird

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bitof an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。

• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。