afraid

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /əˈfɹɛd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. predicative
    — He is afraid of death.
  2. Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. predicative
    — I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.
  3. Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). predicative

词形变化

more afraid comparative most afraid superlative affrayed alternative,obsolete 'fraid alternative

词汇关系

近义词
afeared afraid alarmed anxious apprehensive chicken concerned creeped out fearful frightened frit horrified mortified panicked scared shocked startled terrified timorous worried wary
反义词
brave calm unafraid
上位词
emotional emotionful
下位词
nervous paranoid petrified scared half to death scared spitless scared shitless scared stiff scared to death shit scared spooked
衍生词
afraidly afraidness afraid of one's own shadow fraidy I am afraid of this I'm afraid I'm afraid not I'm afraid so nonafraid unafraid unafraidly
相关词
afear afeared affray fray fear frighten coward

词源

From Middle English affrayed, affraied, past participle of afraien (“to affray”), from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”), from Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”), from es- (“out”) + freer (“to secure, secure the peace”), from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from Proto-Germanic *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). By surface analysis, affray + -ed. Compare also afeard. More at free, friend.
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