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scare the daylights out of

/dey-lahyt/US // ˈdeɪˌlaɪt //UK // (ˈdeɪˌlaɪt) //

吓死人了,吓死人不偿命,吓死人的,吓死人不偿命的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
    • : public knowledge or awareness; openness: The newspaper article brought the scandal out into the daylight.
    • : the period of day; daytime.
    • : daybreak; dawn.
    • : a clear space or gap, especially between two people or things that should be close together, as between the knees of a horseback rider and a saddle.
    • : disagreement or mental distance between two people: There's very little daylight between the two senators' stances on the issue.
    • : daylights, Informal. mental soundness, consciousness, or wits: The noise scared the daylights out of us. I'd like to beat/knock the daylights out of him!
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Photography. of, relating to, or being film made for exposure by the natural light of day.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    day·light·ed or day·lit, day·light·ing.

    • : to suffuse with artificial light or with daylight filtered through translucent materials, as roofing panels.

Phrases

  • daylight robbery
  • beat the living daylights out of
  • begin to see daylight
  • in broad daylight
  • let daylight through
  • scare out of one's wits (the living daylights out of)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inscarify
Synonyms
affright冒冒失失,羞辱,冒失鬼,冒冒失失的agitate搅拌,鼓动,搅拌器,煽动alarm警报,报警,惊动,闹钟appall惊慌失措,惊恐万状,惊恐,惊骇astound惊愕,惊奇,惊天动地,令人震惊的是awe敬畏,威严,使人敬畏,威风凛凛browbeat殴打,抨击,敲打,敲打声bulldoze推土机,推平,推土,推倒chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气cow牛,奶牛,牛类,牛只daunt艰辛,艰巨,畏惧,艰巨的demoralize受挫,受挫折,受挫折感,动摇deter遏止,阻止,阻吓,遏阻disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说dishearten沮丧,沮丧的,厌烦,沮丧的人dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安faze雾霾,凝视,晕眩,愣神horrify骇人听闻,惊吓,惊恐,惊骇intimidate恫吓,恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬panic惊慌失措,恐慌,惊恐,惊慌perturb扰乱,扰动,扰乱秩序,扰乱了petrify石化,岩化,岩浆,岩石化repel驱赶,排斥,击退,驱除scare吓唬人,吓人,惊吓,吓唬人的spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异startle惊吓,惊愕,惊动,错愕terrify吓唬人,惊吓,吓坏了,吓唬人的terrorize恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬人的,吓唬unhinge解开,解除铰链,卸下铰链,解除铰链的作用unnerve惊慌失措,惊吓,使人不安,惊恐万状chill to the bone寒气逼人,寒风刺骨,寒意逼人,寒意袭人curdle the blood凝血,凝结成血,凝结血液,凝结血脉disburb扰乱,扰乱秩序,扰乱治安,扰乱视听discomfort不舒服,不适,不舒服的感觉,不舒服的地方make blood run cold让人热血沸腾,让人血脉喷张,让人血脉贲张,使人血脉贲张make one's blood run cold让人热血沸腾,令人毛骨悚然,让人热血沸腾的,令人心寒make one's hair stand on end令人发指,让人发指的是,令人发指的是,使人发指的是make teeth chatter咬牙切齿,咬牙切齿的,咬牙切齿的说,撅嘴scare away吓跑,吓跑了,吓走,吓退scare off吓跑了,吓跑,吓走了,吓退scare to death吓死人,吓死人了,吓死人的,吓死silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬strike terror into吓一跳,吓唬人,惊吓,吓唬

Examples

  • As a result, little daylight existed between fame as a young, attractive woman with any hint of a sex life and what we now know as public shaming.

  • In daylight, Brookesia chameleons scour the forest floor, snatching up mites and other small invertebrates, Glaw’s team suspects.

  • If daylight permits, you can make forays to try to find a vantage, but mark a trail for your return.

  • How to use a happy lampLight therapy for SAD is most effective when you start using the lamp in the early fall and continue on until spring, when enough ambient daylight is restored and symptoms subside.

  • It’s got three light settings—warm light, daylight, and cool light—with 10 brightness levels in each setting.

  • Not 90 seconds later, Brown lay shot to death in broad daylight in the middle of a Missouri street.

  • “It was a magical feeling, leaving daylight to sneak into a theater,” he says wistfully.

  • Two gunmen pulled off a daylight heist in the Diamond District and evaded every single cop.

  • There are rock-survivor-y types in black, with sunglasses, whose demeanor speaks of lost nights and rare contact with daylight.

  • Leonard was running, but not getting any closer to daylight.

  • When I had finished, the other guests had all gone out, but daylight was coming in, and I began to feel more at home.

  • We were about nine hours of fair daylight traversing 160 miles of level or descending grade, with a light passenger train.

  • They're up every mornin' uv thar lives long afore daylight, a feedin' their stock, an' gittin' ready fur the day's work.

  • It was broad daylight still, but gloomy there: the window had the pleasure of reposing under the leads, and was gloomy at noon.

  • Daylight failed and night came on before our task was finished, several carriages remaining unexamined.