| 释义 |
frightened, ppl. a.|ˈfraɪt(ə)nd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
That is put into a fright; affected with fright. Also fig.
a1721Prior Lady's Looking-glass 16 Big waves lash the frighten'd shores. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xi, He suffered the frightened girl to spring to the ground. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. xx, Her face wore a frightened look, as if she dreaded the effect of her boldness. 1885Athenæum 2 May 561/3 The police..turn the frightened inmates out of their beds.
b. Const. at. In recent colloquial use frightened of (cf. ‘afraid of’) is common; frightened for in the same sense is Sc.
1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. II. 123, I saw thee running..but thou wert frightened for our little dog. 1830Whewell in Todhunter Acct. Whewell's Writ. (1876) II. 108, I cannot but be vexed that..you should set seriously about being frightened of my own worshipful self. 1858Sat. Rev. VI. 310/2 It is not usual for educated people to perpetrate such sentences as..‘I was frightened of her’. 1881M. L. Molesworth Herr Baby 113 Baby was at first terribly frightened of him. 1890[see the vb.]. 1897Daily News 8 Apr. 11/1 What were you frightened at?
Hence ˈfrightenedly adv.
1884E. Fawcett Rutherford xxiv. 294 She was on the verge of drawing away from her frightenedly. 1891H. Herman His Angel 10 Looking out..not in the least frightenedly, but inquiringly. |