frighten
英 [ˈfraɪtn]
美 [ˈfraɪtn]
v. 使惊吓; 使惊恐
过去分词:frightened 过去式:frightened 第三人称单数:frightens 现在分词:frightening
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.5047 / COCA.5537
短语动词
frighten awayfrighten off
1. 吓跑;吓走;把…吓得躲开 2. 吓退;使却步;使吓得不敢打交道(或参与)
短语用例
frighten sb/sth↔away/off
frighten sb/sth away from sth
- 把…吓走(或吓跑)
to make a person or an animal go away by making them feel afraid - 把…吓得不敢(做某事)
to make sb afraid or nervous so that they no longer want to do sth
frighten sb into sth/into doing sth
- 把…吓得做某事
to make sb do sth by making them afraid
习惯用语
v.
- frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb
- 吓得某人六神无主(或魂飞魄散)
to frighten sb very much frighten/scare sb to death - 把某人吓得要命
to frighten sb very much frighten/scare the life out of sb - 把某人吓得魂不附体;使魂飞魄散
to frighten sb very much
牛津词典
verb
- 使惊吓;使惊恐
to make sb suddenly feel afraid- Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
对不起,我没有吓唬你的意思。 - She's not easily frightened.
她不是轻易能吓倒的。 - She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid) .
她不是轻易能吓倒的。
- Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使惊恐;使害怕;吓唬
If something or someonefrightensyou, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.- He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear...
他知道索利是想吓唬他,所以他挤出笑容掩饰自己的恐惧。 - Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.
大多数孩子见到血就害怕。
- He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear...
- PHRASE 使吓得魂飞魄散;使吓破了胆
If somethingfrightens the life out ofyou,frightens the wits out ofyou, orfrightensyouout of your wits, it causes you to feel suddenly afraid or gives you a very unpleasant shock.- Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you.
露天游乐场的飞车就是想把人吓丢了魂儿。
- Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you.
- PHRASAL VERB 吓跑;吓走;把…吓得躲远
If youfrighten awaya person or animal orfrightenthemoff, you make them afraid so that they run away or stay some distance away from you.- The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish...
渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。 - He fired into the air, hoping that the noise would frighten them off.
他向空中开枪,希望枪声能把它们吓走。
- The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish...
- PHRASAL VERB 使吓得不敢打交道(或参与)
Tofrightensomeoneawayorfrightenthemoffmeans to make them nervous so that they decide not to become involved with a particular person or activity.- Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off...
建屋互助协会收回未偿清房贷的住房,这吓退了很多买家。 - The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.
政府确信炸弹袭击者的目的是想吓跑外国投资者。
- Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off...
- PHRASAL VERB 吓得…做…
If youfrightensomeoneintodoing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.- He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.
他恃强欺弱,总是想吓得人们按他的意愿做事。
- He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.
英英释义
verb
- cause fear in
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- drive out by frightening
双语例句
- I do, I can only through their own ugly to frighten away the virus.
我怎么办,我只能通过自己的丑陋来吓走病毒了吧。 - Do the dead frighten you?
死人吓着你了吗? - He fired into the air, hoping that the noise would frighten them off.
他向空中开枪,希望枪声能把它们吓走。 - Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.
大多数孩子见到血就害怕。 - Do my friends frighten you?
我的朋友们吓着你了吗? - I and you are same, just checked the result that come out, frighten me dead.
我和你一样,刚检查出来的结果,把我吓死了。 - The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish
渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。 - Move away, you frighten me.
离远一点,你吓到我了。 - It doesn't frighten them. They're used to it.
这可吓不倒他们。他们已经习惯了。 - Dummy patrol cars will be set up beside motorways to frighten speeding motorists
高速公路旁将安装仿真巡逻车以威慑那些超速驾车者。