| 单词 | to take fright |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take fright b. In Middle English and in modern use: Sudden fear, violent terror, alarm. An instance of this. to take fright. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm frighta1325 affrayc1380 fray1398 gloppeninga1400 alarma1460 scare1548 affright1566 affrightment1593 aghastment1594 surprise1609 gastc1686 gliff1732 stew1806 stink1819 feeze1825 startlement1927 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1234 His moder wurð neg dead for frigt. c1325 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camd.) 338 Ne thorte us have friȝt ne fer, that God ne wolde his blisse us sent. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 948 Tho the knave hadde a fryȝt. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 177/2 Freyhte, or feer..timor, pavor, terror. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. xii. 369 The Mazices..thus beaten down in sundry slaughters, in a foule fright, brake their arraies. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 225 Lest by his clamour..The Towne might fall in fright . View more context for this quotation 1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 96 The greate advance made into this countrye had noe other ende then by giving a generall fright. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxviii. 85 The minister took fright. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 126 In my fright..I forgot to take the round about way. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 221 The antelopes, nearly exhausted with fatigue and fright..made no effort to break through the ring of the hunters. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 141 An echo started up..and died of fright in far apartments. < as lemmas |
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