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Frightened 英 Fraɪtnd] 美 Fraɪtnd Adj.受惊的 Child Gripped Mother's

英语单词 frightened
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
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[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 of n/-ing]
  • She was frightened of flying...

    她害怕坐飞机。

  • Miriam was too frightened to tell her family what had happened.

    米丽娅姆太害怕了,不敢告诉家人发生了什么事。

Usage Note :

Take care not to confuse frightened and frightening.

注意不要混淆frightened 和 frightening。

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