frights

英 [fraɪts]

美 [fraɪts]

n.  惊吓; 恐怖; 使人惊吓的经历; 恐怖的经历
fright的复数

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

双语例句

• He had frequently observed, as he walked, that one handsome face would be followed by thirty, or five-and-thirty frights;
  他往往是边走边观察，每见到一个漂亮的女子，接下来就要见到三十个、甚至三十五个丑女人。
• These starts and frights continued till noon.
  这些惊厥和恐怖一直持续到中午。
• Madame Magloire alone had frights from time to time.
  马格洛大娘有时仍不免提心吊胆。
• It's not surprising, with the frights he's had.
  从他有过的惊吓来看，这并不让人吃惊。