fright

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /fɹaɪt/    美 /fɹaɪt/|/fɹʌit/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. countable,uncountable
    — With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
  2. Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. countable,uncountable
    — Her maids were old, and if she took a new one, You might be sure she was a perfect fright; She did this during even her husband's life I recommend as much to every wife.
动词 v.
  1. To frighten. archaic,transitive
    — Are not you he […] That frights the maidens of the villagery […] ?
形容词 adj.
  1. frightened; afraid; affright rare
    — Don't be fright, it is not so impossible as it seems.

词形变化

frights plural frights present,singular,third-person frighting participle,present frighted participle,past frighted past more fright comparative most fright superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
affrighten frightable frightfest frightful frightless frightly frightmare frightment frightsome frighty horsefright speechfright
相关词
frighten

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- (“to fear”).
Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).
词源 2
Probably short for affright, from Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht, past participle of āfyrhtan (“to make afraid; terrify”).
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