terrify
美音:
[´terə´faı
]英音:
[´terə´faı
]vt.使恐怖,恐吓
难易程度:
terrify为短语/超纲词汇
词频:4995
词形变化:
动词过去式:terrified 过去分词:terrified 现在分词:terrifying 第三人称单数:terrifies
词根
terr=to frighten(使惊吓)
相关词
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.