fright

英 [fraɪt]

美 [fraɪt]

n.  惊吓; 恐怖; 使人惊吓的经历; 恐怖的经历

复数：frights　过去式：frighted　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10016 / COCA.12606

习惯用语

n.

look a fright
• 模样丑陋；像丑八怪；样子古怪
  to look ugly or ridiculous
take fright (at sth)
• （因某事）受惊吓
  to be frightened by sth
• The birds took fright and flew off.
  鸟受惊飞走了。

牛津词典

noun

• 惊吓；恐怖
  a feeling of fear
  1. to cry out in fright
     吓得大声叫喊
  2. He was shaking with fright .
     他吓得发抖。
• 使人惊吓的经历；恐怖的经历
  an experience that makes you feel fear
  1. You gave me a fright jumping out at me like that.
     你这样跳起来扑向我，把我吓了一大跳。
  2. I got the fright of my life .
     我吓得要命。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指令人不快的事意外发生造成的)惊骇，恐惧
  Frightis a sudden feeling of fear, especially the fear that you feel when something unpleasant surprises you.
  1. The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with fright...
     蒸汽管突然发出咯咯的响声，富兰克林尖叫一声，吓得跳了起来。
  2. The birds smashed into the top of their cages in fright...
     鸟儿惊恐地冲过去，撞到了笼子顶上。
  3. To hide my fright I asked a question.
     为了掩饰自己的恐惧，我问了个问题。
• N-COUNT 惊吓;恐怖的体验
  Afrightis an experience which makes you suddenly afraid.
  1. The snake picked up its head and stuck out its tongue which gave everyone a fright...
     蛇突然昂起头，吐出芯子，每个人都吓了一跳。
  2. The last time you had a real fright, you nearly crashed the car.
     上一次你吓得够呛，差点儿把车撞烂了。
• PHRASE (因…)受惊吓
  If a person or animaltakes frightat something, they are suddenly frightened by it, and want to run away or to stop doing what they are doing.
  1. An untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of gunfire...
     一匹未经训练的马听到枪响受了惊。
  2. When costs soared, the studio took fright and recalled the company from Rome.
     成本一路狂飙，制片厂受惊之余撤回了罗马的公司。
• the fright ofyourlife→ see:life

英英释义

noun

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
  Synonym:fearfearfulness

verb

• cause fear in
  1. The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
  2. Ghosts could never affright her
  Synonym:frightenscareaffright

双语例句

• I thought you were hurt-what a fright!
  我以为你受伤了&多可怕呀！
• I nearly died of fright when I heard his voice behind me.
  听到他在我身后的说话声，我吓了个半死。
• In fright she seized his arm.
  因为害怕，她一把抓住了他的胳膊。
• An untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of gunfire
  一匹未经训练的马听到枪响受了惊。
• He turned pale with fright and sweat broke out all over his body.
  他大惊失色，汗流浃背。
• Two guys took fright and run off in different directions.
  两个男子急急惶惶朝不同的方向跑掉了。
• The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with fright
  蒸汽管突然发出咯咯的响声，富兰克林尖叫一声，吓得跳了起来。
• Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him
  霍华德想成为流行歌手，但因怯场而心生畏惧。
• After what we saw and felt last night, we cannot be surprised that Sir Charles died of fright.
  有了我们昨晚的所见所感作铺叙以后，我们对查尔斯爵士因恐慌而暴死就不足为奇了。
• My hair stood on end with fright.
  吓得我汗毛直竖。