horror
/ˈhɒrə(r)/noun
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- mass noun an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust恐惧, 惊骇, 厌恶：
children screamed in horror.
孩子们恐惧地尖叫。
1.1
- a thing causing such a feeling令人恐惧（或惊骇、厌恶）之事物：
photographs showed the horror of the tragedy
照片展示了那场悲剧的恐怖
count noun the horrors of civil war.内战的惨状。
1.2
- a literary or film genre concerned with arousing such feelings（文学, 电影）恐怖作品：
as modifier a horror film.恐怖电影。
1.3
- intense dismay极度沮丧：
to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine.
令她沮丧的是, 她发现小偷偷走了机器。
1.4
- as exclamation
horrors
chiefly humorous used to express dismay〈主幽默〉（用于表示沮丧）哎哟, 糟了： horrors, two buttons were missing!
糟了, 两颗纽扣掉了！
1.5
- in sing. intense dislike极其不喜欢, 厌恶, 憎恨：
many have a horror of consulting a dictionary.
许多人极不喜欢查字典。
1.6
the horrors
an attack of extreme nervousness or anxiety极度紧张, 高度焦虑：the mere thought of it gives me the horrors.
光是想到它就会令我焦虑不已。
2
- informal a bad or mischievous person, especially a child〈非正式〉（尤指小孩）坏蛋, 捣蛋鬼, 淘气包：
that little horror Zach was around.
那个小淘气扎克就在附近。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin horror, from horrere 'tremble, shudder' （see HORRID）.