affright
英 [ə'fraɪt]
美 [ə'fraɪt]
- n. 惊吓；恐怖
- vt. 惊吓；使…恐怖
记忆方法
将“affright”与“afraid”联系起来，想象一个“afraid”（害怕）的场景，突然遭遇了更强烈的事情，导致极度惊吓，从而形成“affright”这个单词，意味着极度惊恐或受惊吓。
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英语词源
- affright (v.)
- 1580s, a late construction from a- (1) + fright (v.), probably on model of earlier past participle adjective affright "struck with sudden fear" (metathesized from Old English afyrht). Related: Affrighted; affrighting.
权威例句
- 1. Ghosts could never affright her.
- 她从来不害怕幽灵.
- 2. Does the Rising Sun affright.
- 升起的朝阳为之惊吓.
- 3. Many of nature's greatest oddities , that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there ( David Mazel )
- 许多自然界奇闻怪事使这里的居民惊恐万分, 会被别处的居民很平静地接受 ( 戴维梅泽尔 )