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frightening

/frahyt-n/US // ˈfraɪt n //UK // (ˈfraɪtən) //

可怕的,惊心动魄,惊心动魄的,吓人的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
    • : to drive by scaring: to frighten away pigeons from the roof.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become frightened: a timid child who frightens easily.

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Examples

  • The Zero FX electric motorcycle is an exciting machine with a top speed of 85 miles per hour and enough acceleration to frighten yourself if you twist aggressively enough on the throttle.

  • As it was, the likely return of the virus in the winter frightened her.

  • One even went so far as to say large breasts frightened him.

  • It frightens me because there’s so many people out there that are responsible gun owners, but there are so many that are not.

  • When confronted by a threat, the animal might quickly flash its colors to frighten the predator, sometimes in just 700 milliseconds.

  • They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.

  • In a frightening development for the GOP, Democrats had won even traditionally Republican constituencies in the Midwest.

  • After all, he was on television every week, telling macabre stories, frightening us.

  • Perhaps made doubly frightening because not only does the old man frighten Garfield and Odie, but he steals their candy as well.

  • He was completely a normal human being inside but he looked really, really frightening.

  • This is better than frightening them out of their skins by jumping out from behind a door and saying "Boo."

  • "I had not the least intention of frightening the most fearsome little tender mouse on earth," said Harry.

  • She liked to turn off the road and gallop across the trackless ways, sometimes frightening rabbits and coyotes from the sagebrush.

  • In their play the older children were in the habit of frightening the others with the name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

  • Because you'll find it useful, if you think of frightening Sloyd.