/fraɪt; fraɪt/ n
1 (a) [U] feeling of sudden unpleasant fear 惊吓
*trembling with fright 吓得发抖.
(b) [C usu sing 通常作单数] instance of this 惊吓
*You gave me (quite) a fright suddenly coming in here like that. 你那样突然走到这里, 真吓了我一大跳.
* I got the fright of my life, ie I was extremely frightened. 我吓得要命.
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数] (infml 口) person or thing that looks ridiculous or unattractive 奇形怪状的或不起眼的人或物
*She thinks that dress is pretty I think she looks a fright in it. 她以为那件衣服挺漂亮--依我看她穿着像个丑八怪.
3 (idm 习语) take fright (at sth) be extremely frightened (by sth) （被某事物）惊吓, 受惊
*The animals took fright at the sound of the gun. 那些动物受到枪声的惊吓.

n
[Language: Old English;Origin: fyrhto]
[singular, U]
a sudden feeling of fear
　You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that!
get/have a fright
　I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed.
with fright
　He was shaking with fright.
in fright
　Several of the children cried out in fright.
take fright
to be very afraid of something, especially so that you run away from it or do not do something that you were going to do
　The bird took fright and flew away.
　She had promised to marry him, but took fright at the last moment.
look a fright
old-fashioned to look untidy or unattractive
→stage fright