| English > English |
|
| culture shock |
| 1. n. (anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment. |
|
| Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem. |
|
| Analysis |
|
| culture |
| 1. n. the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation |
|
| 2. n. the beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life |
|
| 3. n. the conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society. |
|
| 4. n. (anthropology) any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings |
|
| 5. n. (botany) cultivation |
|
| shock |
| 1. n. A sudden, heavy impact. |
|
| The train hit the buffers with a great shock. |
|
| 2. n. (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning. |
|
| 3. n. A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance. |
|
| 4. n. Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal. |
|
