fright
n. 恐怖; 驚嚇; 可怕的東西,難看的人
Fright is a sudden feeling of fear, especially the fear that you feel when something unpleasant surprises you.
The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with fright...
蒸汽管突然發出咯咯的響聲,富蘭克林尖叫一聲,嚇得跳了起來。
The birds smashed into the top of their cages in fright...
鳥兒驚恐地衝過去,撞到了籠子頂上。
A fright is an experience which makes you suddenly afraid.
The snake picked up its head and stuck out its tongue which gave everyone a fright...
蛇突然昂起頭,吐出芯子,每個人都嚇了一跳。
The last time you had a real fright, you nearly crashed the car.
上一次你嚇得夠嗆,差點兒把車撞爛了。
If a person or animal takes fright at something, they are suddenly frightened by it, and want to run away or to stop doing what they are doing.
An untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of gunfire...
一匹未經訓練的馬聽到槍響受了驚。
When costs soared, the studio took fright and recalled the company from Rome.
成本一路狂飆,製片廠受驚之餘撤回了羅馬的公司。
1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
1. cause fear in;
alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread
這些名詞均含"恐懼,懼怕,驚恐"之意。
look a fright
(非正式)看上去蓬鬆散亂(或怪異)的
take fright
突然受驚嚇;突然驚慌失措
The hens scattered in fright when the truck honked at them.
拖拉機對母雞鳴喇叭,它們就嚇得四散.
Her face was ghostly pale with fright.
她嚇得面色慘白.
Apart from a fright, he was uninjured.
除了嚇一跳以外, 他沒受傷.
In her fright she forgot to lock the door.
她因害怕而忘記了鎖門.
The boy's hair stuck up straight with fright.
男孩嚇得毛髮直豎.