horrify

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vt. 使恐惧, 使震惊

发音

UK /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/
CA /ˈhɔɹəfaɪ/
US /ˈhɔɹəfaɪ/

词形变化

horrified horrifies 三单 horrifies horrifying horrifying 现在分词 horrified 过去式 horrified 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使恐惧；惊骇；使极度厌恶

释义与例句

v. B1
  1. 1.

    To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

    The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

alarm dismay appall appal

上位词 4

scare frighten fright affright

下位词 1

shock

词源

From horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.

来源：wiktionary