英语词典 · 单词释义
frightful
英 ['fraɪtfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美 ['fraɪtfl]
这里集中整理“frightful”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 可怕的；惊人的；非常的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法中文词源
frightful 极糟的
来自fright, 恐惧的，害怕的。
英文词源
- frightful (adj.)
- mid-13c., "timid, fearful, full of terror," from fright (n.) + -ful. The prevailing modern sense of "alarming, full of occasion for fright" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c. 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully; frightfulness. Middle English also had frighty "causing fear," also "afraid" (mid-13c.).
双语例句
- 1. What frightful gossips people are, even one'sbest friends.
- 人们最爱散布流言蜚语，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was absolutely frightful!
- 简直糟透了！
来自《权威词典》
- 3. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
- 他看上去脸色苍白,一身衣服弄得一塌糊涂.
来自《用法词典》
- 4. The smell was frightful.
- 这气味难闻极了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The battle resulted in a frightful slaughter.
- 战斗以可怕的大屠杀告终.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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