英语词汇“frighten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

frightenfrighten /ˈfraɪt˺n/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

frighten

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	frighten
	he, she, it	frightens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	frightened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have frightened
	he, she, it	has frightened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had frightened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will frighten
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have frightened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am frightening
	he, she, it	is frightening
	you, we, they	are frightening
Past	I, he, she, it	was frightening
	you, we, they	were frightening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been frightening
	he, she, it	has been frightening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been frightening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be frightening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been frightening

to make someone feel afraid: Travis, you just frighten the dog when you play that music. The driver was frightened by the shots.frighten somebody ↔ away phrasal verb to make a person or animal feel so afraid or nervous that he, she, or it goes or stays away or does not do something that he, she, or it was going to do: Our yelling and screaming frightened the bear away.frighten somebody into (doing) something phrasal verb to persuade someone to do something by making him or her afraid: Mrs. Fenn tried to frighten the boy into telling her who had broken her window.frighten somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb to make a person or animal feel so afraid or nervous that he, she, or it goes or stays away or does not do something that he, she, or it was going to do: They believe that banging on pots will frighten off evil spirits.frighten somebody out of (doing) something phrasal verb to persuade someone not to do something by making him ore her afraid: The crash frightened small investors out of the market.