| 单词 | frightened of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrightened of b. Const. at. In recent colloquial use frightened of (cf. ‘afraid of’) is common; frightened for in the same sense is Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > afraid of afearedOE afraidc1350 adoubteda1470 frightened1827 timid1833 nervous1848 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 123 I saw thee running..but thou wert frightened for our little dog. 1830 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 108 I cannot but be vexed that..you should set seriously about being frightened of my own worshipful self. 1858 Sat. Rev. 6 310/2 It is not usual for educated people to perpetrate such sentences as..‘I was frightened of her’. 1881 M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby 113 Baby was at first terribly frightened of him. 1890 Spectator 1 Nov. 583/1 Manufacturers..are frightened to death at the..rise in prices. 1897 Daily News 8 Apr. 11/1 What were you frightened at? < as lemmas |
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