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fright

/frahyt/US // fraɪt //UK // (fraɪt) //

惊恐,惊吓,吓人,恐惧

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
    • : a person or thing of shocking, grotesque, or ridiculous appearance.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to frighten.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • You may be able to simply train yourself to wake up and end the dream, or overcome the very vivid feelings of fear and fright by telling yourself that it’s a dream.

  • The green creatures in The Sunken Land, on the other hand, conjure up the visceral fright of something slithering and unfamiliar brushing past your skin when you enter a lake.

  • With such fright back there, it’s small solace that the contenders lack defending champion Dustin Johnson, the No.

  • Much of the heavy lifting for frights is done by the environments, especially in the world of the dead that takes a Lovecraftian aesthetic, with slippery tentacles or long arms reaching down from above.

  • To add to the fright, some children live in unstable homes where food is hard to come by.

  • Finally he grabs that blanket [and] I counted eight on one double mattress, eight children held together—dying of fright.

  • Take this sentence: "With the snake in sight, the horse reeled his paws in fright."

  • Kate got a fright when she thought she'd mislaid a family engagement ring that Prince William gave her in 2010.

  • He talks to Gordon Marino about reliving his darkest moments—and how he faced down his stage fright.

  • First, she had to overcome her stage fright to go head-to-head with the big boys.

  • Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

  • The performers and the nuns nearly died of fright, believing that their last hour had surely come.

  • I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

  • Winifred, naturally a high-spirited and lively girl, soon recovered from the fright of that fateful Sunday evening.

  • Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking at the same time, "The devil has got me at last."

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