| 单词 | fright |
| 释义 | frightWord family noun fright frighteners frightfulnessadjective frightened frightening frightful frightsomefritverb frighten adverb frighteningly frightfully fright /fraɪt/ ●●○ noun 1 [singular, uncountableU]FRIGHTENED a sudden feeling of fear 恐怖；惊吓 You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! 你这样不声不响地过来，吓了我一跳！ get/have a fright I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed. 知道自己欠了那么多钱，我吓了一大跳。 with fright He was shaking with fright. 他吓得发抖。 in fright ► see thesaurus at fear Several of the children cried out in fright. 有几个孩子吓得大哭了起来。 2 take fright FRIGHTENEDto be very afraid of something, especially so that you run away from it or do not do something that you were going to do 受惊吓〔尤指因而逃走或未做计划的事情〕 The bird took fright and flew away. 鸟儿受了惊吓，飞走了。 She had promised to marry him, but took fright at the last moment. 她答应嫁给他，但是到了最后一刻又畏缩了。 Examples from the Corpus take fright• Men had died because an untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of musketry.• If the telephones had rung you would have taken fright.• Lennon, however, took fright and hurried into a shot which sped wide of the target.• But when the City looked at the gap where macroeconomic policy should have been, it took fright.• The men steadying it took fright, threw down their long tongs, and fled.• Market makers took fright, presuming some one knew something they did not, and the price tumbled 30 p.c.• Kafka and Milena take fright and run off in different directions.• I approached him, but he did not take fright. 3. look a fright old-fashionedUNTIDY to look untidy or unattractive 龌龊，怪模怪样，丑陋 → stage frightExamples from the Corpus fright• She was a fright last night at the Paradise Garage.• I knew that I was dead from fright and would be beaten afterward for clumsiness.• And did they never die of fright?• The Princess was given a serious fright.• Men had died because an untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of musketry.• Darren was pale with fright. gave ... a fright• It gave me a fright, I don't mind telling you.• You gave us such a fright. Old English fyrhto |
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