terror

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛ.ɹə/    美 /ˈtɛɹ.ɚ/|/ˈte.ɹə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Intense dread, fright, or fear. countable,uncountable
    — The terrors with which I was seized […] were extreme.
  2. The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. uncountable
  3. Something or someone that causes such fear. countable
    — The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!
  4. Terrorism. uncountable
    — a terror attack
  5. A night terror. countable
形容词 adj.
  1. A strict teacher who fails most of the students. Philippines,slang
    — I have a terror math teacher.

词形变化

terrors plural terrour alternative,obsolete more terror comparative most terror superlative terrour alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
horror terror
上位词
fear
衍生词
agroterror antiterror balance of terror bioterror counterterror cyberterror ecoterror holy terror megaterror narcoterror night terror nonterror pterror red terror reign of terror saffron terror sleep terror stochastic terror terrification terror bird terrorbomb terror bomb terror-bomb terror bombing terror-bombing terror cell terrorcore terrorful terrorise terrorism terrorist terroristic terrorize terrorized terrorless terrormonger terrorsome terrorsploitation terror-stricken terrorstricken terrorstruck terrorwave white terror yellow terror
相关词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tres-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti
Proto-Italic *trozeō
Latin terreō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin terrorbor.
Old French terreur
Middle French terreurbor.
Middle English terrour
English terror
From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tres-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti
Proto-Italic *trozeō
Latin terreō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin terrorbor.
Old French terreur
Middle French terreurbor.
Middle English terrour
English terror
From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”).
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