单词 | fright |
释义 | frightWord family (noun) fright frighteners (adjective) frightened frightening frightful (verb) frighten (adverb) frighteningly frightfully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfrightfright /fraɪt/ ●●○ noun1 [singular, uncountable]FRIGHTENED a sudden feeling of feargave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! You get/have a fright I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed.with fright He was shaking with fright.in fright Several of the children cried out in fright.► see thesaurus at fear 2 → take fright3 → look a fright → stage frightExamples from the Corpusfright• She was a fright last night at the Paradise Garage.• I knew that I was dead from fright and would be beaten afterward for clumsiness.• And did they never die of fright?• The Princess was given a serious fright.• Men had died because an untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of musketry.• Darren was pale with fright.gave ... a fright• It gave me a fright, I don't mind telling you.• You gave us such a fright.Origin fright Old English fyrhto |
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