| 单词 | frighten |
| 释义 | frighten —frightenable, adj. —frightener, n. —frighteningly, adv. /fruyt"n/, v.t. 1. to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare. 2. to drive (usually fol. by away, off, etc.) by scaring: to frighten away pigeons from the roof. v.i. 3. to become frightened: a timid child who frightens easily. [1660-70; FRIGHT + -EN1] Syn. 1. shock, startle, dismay, intimidate. FRIGHTEN, ALARM, SCARE, TERRIFY, TERRORIZE, APPALL all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. TO FRIGHTEN is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, esp. that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise. TO ALARM is to arouse the feelings through the realization of some imminent or unexpected danger: to alarm someone by a scream. TO SCARE is to frighten, often without the presence of real danger: Horror movies really scare me. TO TERRIFY is to strike with violent, overwhelming, or paralyzing fear: to terrify a city by lawless acts. To TERRORIZE is to terrify in a general, continued, systematic manner, either wantonly or in order to gain control: His marauding armies terrorized the countryside. TO APPALL is to overcome or confound by dread, dismay, shock, or horror: The suffering caused by the earthquake appalled him. |
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