英语单词 | frightened |
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英美音标 | 英 ['fraɪtnd] 美 ['fraɪtnd] |
中文释义 | adj.受惊的 |
英语例句 | (1) The frightened child gripped his mother's arm. (2) A frightened hedgehog contracts its body into a ball . |
中文例句 | (1) 这个受惊的孩子紧紧地抓着妈妈的胳膊。 (2) 受惊的刺猬会把身体缩成一个球。 |
vocabulary简明 | Someone who's frightened is scared or anxious. A frightened camper might tremble with fear as she listens to the scary campfire stories her counselor tells. |
vocabulary扩展 | When you're frightened, you feel fearful — you might be frightened of thunderstorms or frightened of strange dogs. A frightened airplane passenger might panic and cause other people to become frightened. The adjective comes from frighten — before the 1660s, the verb was instead fright. All of these words share an Old English root, fyrhtu, "fear, dread, trembling, or horrible sight." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]受惊的;害怕的 If you are frightened, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen. [oft v-link ADJ
Usage Note : Take care not to confuse frightened and frightening. 注意不要混淆frightened 和 frightening。 |
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