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terrify

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vt.使恐怖,恐吓

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动词过去式:terrified 过去分词:terrified 现在分词:terrifying 第三人称单数:terrifies

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terr=to frighten(使惊吓)

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terrify


/'terɪfaɪ; `tɛrə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [Tn] fill (sb) with terror; make very frightened 使(某人)感到恐怖; 使害怕
*terrified his children with ghost stories 讲鬼故事吓坏了他的孩子
* a terrifying experience 可怕的经历.

terrify


v past tense and past participleterrifiedpresent participleterrifyingthird person singularterrifies [T]

[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: terrificare, from terrificus; TERRIFIC]
to make someone extremely afraid
 Her husband's violence terrified her.