affright

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Great fear, terror, fright. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — No one for a moment dreamed of the possible occurrence of any thing in the course of a few hours which would fill every mind with horror, and cause even the dark-hearted Martina to tremble with affright.
动词 v.
  1. To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify. archaic,transitive
    — VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
形容词 adj.
  1. afraid; terrified; frightened
    — So that thou shalt not need I say, to feare or be affright, of all the shafts that Hie by day, nor terrours of the night.

词形变化

affrights plural affrights present,singular,third-person affrighting participle,present affrighted participle,past affrighted past more affright comparative most affright superlative afright alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.
词源 2
From Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of āfyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).
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