mass noun
1- a sudden intense feeling of fear惊骇, 恐怖：
I jumped up in fright.
我吓得跳了起来。
1.1
- count noun an experience that causes one to feel sudden intense fear受惊（或恐怖）的经历：
she's had a nasty fright
她吓了一大跳
I got the fright of my life seeing that woman in the hotel.
在旅馆里看到那女人叫我着实吃惊不小。
短语
look a fright
- informal have a dishevelled or grotesque appearance〈非正式〉看上去蓬松散乱（或怪异）的。
take fright
- suddenly become frightened or panicked突然受惊吓; 突然惊慌失措。
词源
Old English fryhto， fyrhto (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch furcht and German furcht.