| 词汇 | frightful |
| 释义 | frightfulWord family noun fright frighteners frightfulnessadjective frightened frightening frightful frightsomefritverb frighten adverb frighteningly frightfully fright·ful /ˈfraɪtfəl/ adjectiveadj old-fashioned especially British EnglishBrE 1 BADunpleasant or bad 不愉快的；可怕的；坏的 SYN awful, terrible There’s been a frightful accident. 发生了一起可怕的意外。 2 VERYused to emphasize how bad something is 极度的，极大的；很糟的 SYN awful, terrible Her hair was a frightful mess. 她的头发乱得一团糟。 Examples from the Corpus frightful• Oh, Little Kai, it was frightful, and horrid.• Blanche thought she was frightful but listened to her breathless monologues with stoic patience.• This is a frightful cautionary tale, well told.• They gazed in bovine surprise at the scarlet-faced visitor, and for one frightful moment Breeze felt that she must flee.• Later, during a frightful storm, a princess knocked at the castle door, begging for shelter.• Everyone was terrified of him on account of his frightful temper.• It was so frightful that my daughter Lilya and I stopped travelling by car together. |
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