【frighten音标】 英[ˈfraɪtn] 美[ˈfraɪtn]
【单词释义】 frighten是什么意思：
vt.使惊恐，使恐慌；吓走，赶走
vi.害怕，惊恐
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] frightens
[单词现在分词] frightening
[单词过去式] frightened
[单词过去分词] frightened
【关联词/派生词】
frightful adj.可怕的；惊人的；非常的
fright n.恐惧；恐怖；惊吓；恐怖的经历 v.<古>使惊恐
【frighten形近词/近似词】
brighten v.使明亮，使鲜艳；(使)快活起来；（使）发亮
lighten v.使明亮；发亮；减少；减轻
enlighten vt.启发，启蒙；开导，教导
heighten v.（使）变高；（使）加强；提高；增加
【单词例句】
◇ After a few cuts he saw the red cap shining through, and after a few more cuts the girl jumped out, crying, "Oh, I was so frightened! It was so dark inside the wolf's body!"
他刚剪了两下，就看到了红色的小帽子。他又剪了两下，小姑娘便跳了出来，叫道：“真把我吓坏了！狼肚子里黑漆漆的。”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ He circled around and around in the water like a wheel, craning his neck out into the air after them. Then he uttered the shriek so piercing and so strange that he was quite frightened by himself.
他在水上像一个车轮似地不停地旋转着，同时，把自己的颈项高高地向他们伸着，发出一种响亮的怪叫声，连他自己也吓着了。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ She looked quite pale. When the king saw that his daughter was frightened, he asked, "My child, what is at the door? Has a giant come to carry you away?"
她看起来脸色苍白。当国王发觉她女儿被吓到时，便问道：“孩子，在门外的是谁？是巨人要来把你带走吗？”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ And away she went boldly; but she had not got farther than the churchyard gate before she saw the red shoes dancing before her; and she was frightened, and turned back, and repented of her sin from her heart.
于是她就大胆地走出去。但是当她刚刚走到教堂门口的时候，她又看到那双红鞋在她面前跳舞：这时她害怕起来，马上往回走，同时虔诚地忏悔她的罪过。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ The injured were rescued and the dead were buried. The frightened survivors were dug out from under the ruins and were offered shelter, fresh water and electricity. Thanks to people’s help, the loss was minimized.
伤员被救助了，死者被埋葬了，吓坏的幸存者被从废墟中挖出来了，栖身处、净水和电力也很快得到提供。多亏了人们的帮助，灾区的损失被减到了最小。
◇ One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly.
一天，女孩敞开了鸟笼的小门。那只较大较壮的鸟儿飞出了鸟笼。女孩非常害怕鸟儿会飞走。鸟儿飞近时，她死命将它抓住。
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ That frightened the miller, and he made his paw white for him. Yes, that is the way people are.
磨坊主害怕了，只好洒了点面粉，把狼的爪子弄成了白色。人就是这个德行！
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ And ran to the moon, but it was much too cold, and also frightening and wicked, and when it saw the child, it said, "I smell, smell human flesh."
又来到月亮面前，可月亮又太寒冷太冷酷，还说道：“我闻到人肉和血腥味了！”
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ When the king read this letter he was frightened and saddened, but nevertheless he wrote an answer that they should take good care of the queen until his return.
国王收到信后十分震惊，而且百思不得其解。他回信要大家仍悉心照料王后，一切等他回来再说。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ The miller was frightened and did what he was told. The next morning the devil returned, but she had wept into her hands, and they were entirely clean.
磨房主害怕，只得照办。第二天，恶魔又来了。可姑娘的泪水把她的手沖得十分乾净。