| 单词 | terror |
| 释义 | terror (terəʳ ) Word forms: terrors 1. uncountable noun B2 Terror is very great fear. I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane. The day of terror ended after police used teargas and stormed the house. Synonyms: fear, alarm, dread, fright 2. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] B2 Terror is violence or the threat of violence, especially when it is used for political reasons. The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign. 3. countable noun A terror is something that makes you very frightened. As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people. [+ of] ...the terrors of violence. [+ of] 4. countable noun If someone describes a child as a terror, they think that he or she is naughty and difficult to control. [informal, disapproval] He was a terror. He had been a difficult child for as long as his parents could remember. Synonyms: rascal, devil, monkey, scamp 5. hold no terrors for phrase [VERB inflects] If something holds no terrors for you, you are not at all frightened or worried by it. Childbirth now held fewer terrors for her than it once had. 6. to live in terror phrase [VERB inflects, usu PHR of -ing/n] You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen. Thousands live in fear of losing their jobs. 7. reign of terror phrase A reign of terror is a period during which there is a lot of violence and killing, especially by people who are in a position of power. The commanders accused him of carrying out a reign of terror. Synonyms: tyranny, dictatorship, oppression, despotism Idioms: a reign of terror a period during which there is a lot of violence and killing, especially by people who are in positions of power The president last night dismissed the government, accusing it of having unleashed a reign of terror against its political opponents. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: sheer terror The raven shrieked in sheer terror, flew and dodged barely in time, and began flapping madly north. A Time of War (1993) Some of them were overcome by fits of laughter; a few of them turned pale out of sheer terror. Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986) Imagine the sheer terror of suddenly not knowing who or where you are. The Sun (2014) Translations: Chinese: 恐惧 Japanese: 恐怖 |
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