frighten

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #6978 ★★☆☆☆

vt. 使惊吓 vi. 惊恐

发音

US /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/

词形变化

frightened frightenest frighteneth frightening frightens 三单 frightens frightening 现在分词 frightened 过去式 frightened 过去分词

别名

flighten freighten

教材释义与例句

动词

使惊吓；吓唬…

to make someone feel afraid

动词

害怕，惊恐

Don't stand so near the edge! You're frightening me.

别站得那么靠边！你要把我吓坏了。

She was frightened by the anger in his eyes.

她被他眼中的怒火吓住了。

Computers used to frighten me, but not now.

电脑过去让我感到害怕，但现在不了。

释义与例句

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

    吓唬

    吓

    及物

    Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.

  2. 2.

    To become scared or alarmed.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

scare fright affright

上位词 5

shake stir excite stimulate shake up

下位词 10

alarm bluff awe intimidate spook terrorize terrify dismay horrify appall

相关短语

frighten the piss out of frighten the life out of someone frighten the horses do someone a frighten done someone a frighten did someone a frighten doing someone a frighten does someone a frighten

词源

From Middle English *frightenen, equivalent to fright + -en.

来源：wiktionary