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

許多人都曾有過這樣的錯覺：覺得手機(jī)在振動，于是去口袋拿手機(jī)，結(jié)果手機(jī)根本沒響。

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.顫動，振動；擺動

參考例句：

? There is so much vibration on a ship thatone cannot write.船上的震動大得使人無法書寫。

?  The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震動把我驚醒了。

2 phantom

n.幻影，虛位，幽靈；adj.錯覺的，幻影的，幽靈的

參考例句：

? I found myself staring at her as if shewere a phantom.我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己瞪大眼睛看著她，好像她是一個幽靈。

? He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名無實的國王。

3 syndrome

n.綜合病癥；并存特性

參考例句：

? The Institute says that an unidentifiedvirus is to blame for the syndrome. 該研究所表示,引起這種綜合癥的是一種尚未確認(rèn)的病毒。

? Results indicated that 11 fetuses hadDown syndrome. 結(jié)果表明有11個胎兒患有唐氏綜合征。

4 spasms

n.痙攣( spasm的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；抽搐；（能量、行為等的）突發(fā)；發(fā)作

參考例句：

? After the patient received acupuncturetreatment,his spasms eased off somewhat. 病人接受針刺治療后，痙攣稍微減輕了。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

?  The smile died, squeezed out by spasms ofanticipation and anxiety. 一陣陣預(yù)測和焦慮把她臉上的微笑擠掉了。來自辭典例句

5 delusional

妄想的

參考例句：

? You became delusional and attackedseveral people trying to escape. 你產(chǎn)生了錯覺并攻擊了許多人還試圖逃走。來自電影對白

? He is incoherent, delusional, sufferingauditory hallucinations. 他出現(xiàn)無邏輯的，妄想的，幻聽的癥狀。來自電影對白

6 tingling

v.有刺痛感( tingle的現(xiàn)在分詞 )

參考例句：

? My ears are tingling [humming; ringing;singing]. 我耳鳴。來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

? My tongue is tingling. 舌頭發(fā)麻。 來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

7 retrieved

v.取回( retrieve的過去式和過去分詞 )；恢復(fù)；尋回；檢索（儲存的信息）

參考例句：

? Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left inthe train. 昨天我取回了遺留在火車上的包。來自《簡明英漢詞典》

? He reached over and retrieved his jacketfrom the back seat. 他伸手從后座上取回了自己的夾克。來自辭典例句

8 weird

adj.古怪的，離奇的；怪誕的，神秘而可怕的

參考例句：

? From his weird behaviour,he seems a bitof an oddity.從他不尋常的行為看來，他好像有點怪。

? His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳簡直笑死人。