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af·fright AHD[ə-frītʹ] D.J.[əˈfraɪt]K.K.[əˈfraɪt]v.tr.(及物动词)af.fright.ed, af.fright.ing, af.frights - To arouse fear in; terrify:使害怕;惊吓:"Many of nature's greatest oddities, that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there"(David Mazel)“许多自然界奇闻怪事使这里的居民惊恐万分,会被别处的居民很平静地接受”(戴维·梅泽尔)
n.(名词)- Great fear; terror.惊吓;恐怖
- A cause of terror.恐怖原因:造成恐怖的原因
- Middle English afrighten 中古英语 afrighten
- from Old English āfyrhtan 源自 古英语 āfyrhtan
- ā- [intensive pref.] ā- [强调性前缀]
- fyrhtan [to frighten] from fyrhto [fright] fyrhtan [吓唬] 源自 fyrhto [惊吓]
affrightʹment n.(名词) |