1N-UNCOUNT (尤指令人不快的事意外发生造成的)惊骇,恐惧Fright is a sudden feeling of fear, especially the fear that you feel when something unpleasant surprises you. (尤指令人不快的事意外发生造成的)惊骇,恐惧
The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with fright.
蒸汽管突然发出咯咯的响声,富兰克林尖叫一声,吓得跳了起来。
The birds smashed into the top of their cages in fright.
3PHRASE (因…)受惊吓 If a person or animal takes fright at something, they are suddenly frightened by it, and want to run away or to stop doing what they are doing. (因…)受惊吓
An untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of gunfire.
一匹未经训练的马听到枪响受了惊。
When costs soared, the studio took fright and recalled the company from Rome.
1fear害怕ADJECTIVE | VERB + FRIGHT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤stage怯場VERB + FRIGHT➤take受驚嚇▸➤be shaking with, be trembling with嚇得發抖▸➤die of (informal) 嚇得要死◇He almost died of fright when the fish jumped out of the water.魚從水中跳了出來,把他嚇壞了。PREPOSITION➤in fright出於害怕◇She cried out in fright.她被嚇哭了。➤with fright因害怕◇They stood there, frozen with fright.他們站在那兒,嚇呆了。➤fright at因⋯的害怕◇The birds took fright at the sight of the cat and flew off.鳥兒看到貓後嚇得飛走了。fright
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2sudden feeling of fear驚恐ADJECTIVE | VERB + FRIGHT | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤terrible驚恐萬分VERB + FRIGHT➤get, have受驚◇Leah got such a fright that she dropped the tray.利婭嚇得失手掉了盤子。◇I had a terrible fright this morning when I saw you there.早上看到你在那兒,我嚇了一大跳。➤give sb嚇着某人PHRASES➤a bit of a fright, the fright of sb's life一點兒驚嚇;嚇一大跳◇You gave me the fright of my life, jumping out like that!你這樣跳出來,把我嚇死了!➤quite a fright真嚇人