| 释义 |
fright
I. \ˈfrīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrhto, fryhto fear, fright; akin to Old English forht afraid, fearful, Old Frisian fruchte fear, Old Saxon & Old High German forht, foraht afraid, forhta fear, Gothic fauhrts afraid, fauhrtei fear, and perhaps to Tocharian A pärsk-, prask- to fear, praski fear, Tocharian B pärsk-, prāsk- to fear, prosko, proskye fear
1.
a. : terror excited by sudden danger : sudden and violent fear usually of short duration : alarm
< familiarity rubbed away the fright at the strangeness and dissipated the prejudice born of ignorance — Oscar Handlin >
b. : an instance of such terror, fear, or alarm
< the sudden apparition gave him a fright >
c. : fear
< incessant fright of the future — Oscar Handlin >
2. : something strange, ugly, unsightly, or shocking
< he was a bundle of rags, his hair had grown prodigiously, his beard was a fright — I.L.Idriess >
Synonyms: see fear
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English frighten, from Old English fyrhtan, fryhtan; akin to Old English forhtian to fear, Old Frisian fruchtia, Old Saxon forhtian, Old High German furhten, forhten, Gothic faurhtjan to fear, Old English fyrhto, fryhto, n.
: to alarm suddenly : scare, frighten
< are not easily frighted by politics — Kiplinger Washington Letter >
Synonyms: see frighten |