fright
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--依我看她穿著像个丑八怪.
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.
No matter how much you want to bathe, it just isn't safe.
不管你多想在这里游泳(都不要游),这里不安全。
The sea journey lasted over sixty days and nights.
海上航行持续了60多个昼夜。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.