horror
n. 震驚; 畏懼; 恐怖性; 不愉快/可怕的經歷; 恐怖故事; 搗蛋鬼
Horror is a feeling of great shock, fear, and worry caused by something extremely unpleasant.
I felt numb with horror...
我驚呆了。
As I watched in horror the boat began to power away from me.
我驚恐萬分地看著船加足馬力從我身邊開走了。
If you have a horror of something, you are afraid of it or dislike it very much.
...his horror of death.
他對死亡的懼怕
The horror of something, especially something that hurts people, is its very great unpleasantness.
...the horror of this most bloody of civil wars.
這場極其血腥的內戰的慘烈
You can refer to extremely unpleasant or frightening experiences as horrors .
Can you possibly imagine all the horrors we have undergone since I last wrote you?
你能想象得出自從我上次給你寫信以來我們所經歷的所有可怕事情嗎?
If you refer to someone or something as a horror, you mean that you think they are very unpleasant or ugly.
Our host was arrogant and offensive. How his sweet wife could tolerate such a horror was baffling.
招待我們的男主人傲慢無禮。真不知道他溫柔的妻子怎麼能容忍這樣一個討厭的傢伙。
A horror film or story is intended to be very frightening.
...a psychological horror film.
心理恐怖片
You can refer to an account of a very unpleasant experience or event as a horror story.
...a horror story about lost luggage while flying.
乘飛機旅行時丟失行李的糟糕經歷
Horror of horrors is used to refer to something that you consider to be the worst part of a situation.
The company has already boosted its share of the UK tea market with its round tea bags. Now it is successfully converting the nation to (horror of horrors) instant tea.
該公司已經憑藉其袋泡茶提高了自己在英國茶葉市場的佔有份額。現在它正在成功地使該國人民改喝(最可怕不過的)速溶茶。
1. intense and profound fear
2. something that inspires horror; something horrible;
3. intense aversion
alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread
這些名詞均含"恐懼,懼怕,驚恐"之意。
He shrank back ( in shame , horror , etc. ).
他把身子一縮.
I was seized by a nameless horror.
我為不可名狀的恐慌所控制.
She had a horror of hospitals.
她極其憎惡醫院.
He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious ( though not perhaps strictly scientific ) link with our ancestral past.
它們是恐怖電影和驚險小說中的老一套的怪物, 並且與我們的祖先有著明顯的 ( 雖然可能沒有科學的 ) 聯絡.
To his horror, the bus caught fire.
使他驚恐的是, 公共汽車著了火.