frighten
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous. 使驚恐
He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear. 他知道索利想嚇唬他，因此微笑著掩飾自己的恐懼。
2. PHRASE If something frightens the life out of you, frightens the wits out of you, or frightens you out of your wits, it causes you to feel suddenly afraid or gives you a very unpleasant shock. 使嚇得魂不附體[強(qiáng)調(diào)]
Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you. 露天游樂(lè)場(chǎng)的飛車就是要把你們嚇得魂不附體。
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frighten /?fra?t?n/ (frightening,frightened,frightens)
劍橋詞典
- to make someone feel fear
- They fired off several shots to frighten us.
- The fast-moving traffic frightened the horse .
- I was frightened by the anger in his voice .
- He frightens people by creeping up on them.
- Don't let her frighten you, her bark is worse than her bite .
使害怕，使受驚
He frightens me when he drives so fast . 他開(kāi)車這么快，我很害怕。
You'll frighten the baby wearing that mask . 你戴那個(gè)面具會(huì)嚇著寶寶的。
The noise frightened me to death /out of my wits (= gave me a severe fright ). 那聲音嚇得我要死／不知所措。
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短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞
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