| 单词 | in fear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin fear d. A state of alarm or dread. Chiefly in phrase in fear; also, †to put in (a) fear, to fall into fear. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [phrase] > state of alarm or dread in fear1297 alarm and despondency1849 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 402 Þo þe Saracens yt yseye, hii were somdel in fere. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xiv. D Delyuer me out of my feare. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 159 b They..make it a sport to put their children in feare. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 13 They, and Menon himselfe, were put in a feare. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 17 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The Barbarians..fell into feare and disorder. 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks 390 She continued..in deadly fears. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 49 This State of Fear being itself often a very considerable Punishment. 1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 200 I set out forthwith..in fear and trembling. < as lemmas |
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