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affright

英 [ə'fraɪt] 美

解释

n. 惊吓；恐怖
vt. 惊吓；使…恐怖

※ 提供单词"affright"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

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 )