frighten['fraitən]

• vt.
  • 使吃惊，使惊恐，使恐慌，恐吓，威胁：

    The noise frightened the child.

    喧哗声使小孩惊恐万分。

    Don't frighten him. He's telling the truth.

    不要吓唬他，他在讲实话。

  • 使…吓得;吓走,赶走(常与 away, out, off,into 连用)：

    to frighten someone into confessing

    使某人吓得供认

    to frighten away pigeons

    吓走鸽子

• vi.
  • 害怕，惊恐，惊骇，吃惊：

    He doesn't frighten easily.

    他不容易受惊吓。

• 近义词:

  alarm.terrify.terrorize.scare

• 短语:
  • frighten someone into (或 out of) doing something 使某人吓得做(或不做)某事
  • frighten someone out of his wits [口语]把(某人)吓得惊惶失措；把(某人)吓得魂不附体
  • frighten someone to death [口语]把(某人)吓得要死；把(某人)急得要命
  • frighten the pants off 吓得屁滚尿流