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horror-struck

/hawr-er-struhk, hor-/US // ˈhɔr ərˌstrʌk, ˈhɒr- //

骇人听闻,惊恐万状,惊恐不安,惊恐万分

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.

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Examples

  • It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”

  • In the end, the clarity that comes from moments of horror can help us recommit to deeper principles.

  • He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.

  • “Internationally there has been a lot of horror and contempt for her actions, domestically very little,” he said.

  • The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.

  • The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.

  • The king was struck with horror at the description I had given him of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made.

  • But all you can think of are the horror stories about the worn out genes of Earth.

  • It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.

  • Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."