The passengers were scared to death as the taxi whizzed along.
出租車風馳電掣般地駛著，乘客嚇得要命。
日常應用會話口語
Surprise(驚奇)（一）
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 死亡;（某種）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 出租車;滑行;
vi. 乘出租車;（指飛機）在地面或水面滑行;
vt. 用出租車運送;使滑行;
?? taxi- 【拉丁傳入法語】表”里程表和計價器”
"The hotel porter will get you a taxi."
旅館的門衛會給你叫出租車的。
近義：taxicab, cab, hack
scared
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adj. 恐懼的;驚恐的;擔心的;
v. 使害怕（scare的過去分詞）;
"It scared me to think I was alone in the building."
想到樓里只有我一個人，怪害怕的。
近義：appalled, apprehensive, petrified, awed, awestricken, awestruck