frighten

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright. transitive
    — Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
  2. To become scared or alarmed. intransitive
    — In fitting the White Leghorns for exhibition, it must be remembered that they are of nervous disposition and frighten easily.

词形变化

frightens present,singular,third-person frightening participle,present frightened participle,past frightened past freighten alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
alarm affright appall dismay fray frighten grill give someone the shits harrow horrify make someone's blood run cold mortify petrify scare scare straight scare the bejeebers out of scare the hell out of scare the pants off of scare the shit out of terrorize terrify spook
上位词
affect inflict upset
下位词
daunt intimidate
衍生词
do someone a frighten frightenable frightener frightening frightensome frighten the horses frighten the life out of someone frighten the piss out of overfrighten unfrighten
相关词
fright afraid coward disheartening fear nervous asustar
并列词
annoy enrage vex

词源

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