詞彙精選：fright的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

驚嚇；驚駭 [U,C]

例句：

I was numb more with fright than with the cold.

我渾身麻木，與其說是因爲天冷，還不如說是因爲害怕。

例句：

To hide my fright I asked a question.

爲了掩飾自己的恐懼，我問了個問題。

v.

使驚恐 [T]

例句：

I warrant you were frighted, weren't you?

一定把你嚇壞了吧？

例句：

I was dreadfully frighted.

可把我嚇壞了。

二、詞義辨析：

alarm,fear,fright,horror,panic,terror,dread

這些名詞均含“恐懼、懼怕、驚恐”之意。alarm強調突然意識到有危險而產生的恐懼心理。fear普通用詞，側重指面臨危險或災禍時內心所引起的恐懼心情。fright通常指一陣突然的、令人震驚的短暫恐懼，有時含誇張意味。horror側重指因看到令人討厭或危險的東西或情景而引起的厭惡情緒、極度恐懼心情或戰慄的動作。 panic常指因突如其來的外界威脅使人羣出現驚慌、恐懼或混亂。terror指極大的恐懼和驚駭，語氣最強。dread可與fear換用，着重害怕的心理，但dread常指膽怯和喪失勇氣。

三、相關短語：

stage fright

n. 怯場，演講綜合徵

四、參考例句：

The children gave a squeal of fright.

孩子們發出驚嚇的尖叫聲。

Apart from a fright, he was uninjured.

除了嚇一跳以外，他沒受傷。

In fright I seized his arm .

因爲害怕，我一把抓住了他的胳膊。

I was numb more with fright than with the cold.

我渾身麻木，與其說是因爲天冷，還不如說是因爲害怕。

He cried out in fright as the dark figure approached.

那個黑影向他逼近，他嚇得叫了出來。

The fright departure has been advanced to 9.30 a.m .

本航班起飛時間已提前至上午9點30分。

To hide my fright I asked a question.

爲了掩飾自己的恐懼，我問了個問題。

It was a cry that mingled fright with surprise.

那聲喊叫夾雜着恐懼與吃驚。

The horse took a fright at the sound of the explosion.

馬聽到爆炸聲受了驚。

He was shaking with fright as if he had seen a ghost.

他嚇得直哆嗦，就好像看見了鬼一樣。