afear

vt. [英国古语]吓唬, 使惊恐

词形变化

afeared afearing afears 三单 afears afearing 现在分词 afeared 过去式 afeared 过去分词

别名

affear

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.

    方言 废旧

词源

From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from fǣr (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”).

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