英语词汇“horror”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ETYMOLOGYhorror

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French horrour, from Latin horror, from horrere to raise one's hair stiffly, shake with fear

COLLOCATIONS► in horror

They watched in horror as the fire swept through the house.

► to my horror

I realized, to my horror, that I didn’t have enough money to pay the bill.

► The full horror of

The full horror of the accident soon became clear.

THESAURUS the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen► fear

the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen: The boy’s eyes were full of fear. Fear is no excuse for violence.

► terror

a very strong feeling of fear that you get when you think something very bad is going to happen to you soon: I froze in terror as I realized my husband was still in the burning house.

► horror

a very strong feeling of shock and fear when you see something very bad happen: People watched in horror as he jumped from the roof of the building.

► panic

a sudden strong feeling of fear and worry that makes you do things without thinking carefully: The fire caused a panic in the theater and everyone ran for the exit.

► fright

a sudden strong feeling of fear: The loud bang made her scream with fright.

► dread

a strong feeling of worry, fear, and unhappiness because of something bad that will or might happen: The thought of seeing her ex-husband again filled her with dread.

► apprehension

(also trepidation) formal a feeling of worry and fear because of something bad that will or might happen: I opened the door with trepidation.

► alarm

a strong feeling of fear and worry because something bad is happening or might happen: She heard a loud noise outside and rushed to the window in alarm to see what was happening.

► phobia

a strong fear someone has even though he or she knows it is not sensible to be so afraid: He has a phobia about riding in elevators, so he always takes the stairs.

单词	horror
释义	horrorhorror /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑrɚ/ ●●○ noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYhorror Origin: 1300-1400 Old French horrour, from Latin horror, from horrere to raise one's hair stiffly, shake with fear Collocations COLLOCATIONS► in horror They watched in horror as the fire swept through the house. ► to my horror I realized, to my horror, that I didn’t have enough money to pay the bill. ► The full horror of The full horror of the accident soon became clear. Thesaurus THESAURUS the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen► fear the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen: The boy’s eyes were full of fear. Fear is no excuse for violence. ► terror a very strong feeling of fear that you get when you think something very bad is going to happen to you soon: I froze in terror as I realized my husband was still in the burning house. ► horror a very strong feeling of shock and fear when you see something very bad happen: People watched in horror as he jumped from the roof of the building. ► panic a sudden strong feeling of fear and worry that makes you do things without thinking carefully: The fire caused a panic in the theater and everyone ran for the exit. ► fright a sudden strong feeling of fear: The loud bang made her scream with fright. ► dread a strong feeling of worry, fear, and unhappiness because of something bad that will or might happen: The thought of seeing her ex-husband again filled her with dread. ► apprehension (also trepidation) formal a feeling of worry and fear because of something bad that will or might happen: I opened the door with trepidation. ► alarm a strong feeling of fear and worry because something bad is happening or might happen: She heard a loud noise outside and rushed to the window in alarm to see what was happening. ► phobia a strong fear someone has even though he or she knows it is not sensible to be so afraid: He has a phobia about riding in elevators, so he always takes the stairs. 1[uncountable] a strong feeling of shock and fear: They watched in horror as the fire swept through the house. I realized, to my horror, that I didn’t have enough money to pay the bill.► see thesaurus at fear12the horror of something the quality of being frightening and very shocking: The full horror of the accident soon became clear.3[countable] something that is very terrible, shocking, or frightening: the horrors of war4[uncountable] the type of movies or books, etc. in which shocking and frightening things happen: horror and science fiction5horror of horrors informal often humorous used to say how bad something is: Horror of horrors – he saw me without my makeup!6have a horror of something literary to be very frightened of something or dislike it very much: I had long had a horror of snakes.7[countable] something that is extremely ugly: That dress is a horror.
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