horror
n
1 [U] feeling of intense fear or dismay; terror 恐怖; 恐懼; 驚恐
I recoiled in horror from the snake. 那條蛇把我嚇得直往後縮.
To her horror she saw him fall. 她看見(jiàn)他跌下而驚恐萬(wàn)狀.
I have a/this horror of being trapped in a broken lift. 我常害怕電梯有故障會(huì)把我困於其中.
2 [U]
(a) feeling of intense dislike; hatred 強(qiáng)烈的厭惡; 憎惡; 痛恨
I have a deep horror of cruelty. 我對(duì)殘暴的行為深?lèi)和唇^.
(b) horrifying nature 恐怖的性質(zhì)或?qū)崨r
It's hard to appreciate the full horror of life in a prison camp. 戰(zhàn)俘營(yíng)中駭人聽(tīng)聞的生活慘狀外人是很難完全體驗(yàn)到的.
3 [C] thing or person that causes hatred or fear 討厭的事物或人; 令人感到恐怖的事物或人
the horrors of war 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的慘狀.
4 [C] (infml 口) bad or mischievous person, esp a naughty child 壞蛋; 惡作劇的家伙; (尤指)頑皮的孩子
Her son is a right little horror. 她的兒子是個(gè)不折不扣的小淘氣.
5 the horrors [pl]
(infml 口) fit of depression or nervousness, etc 抑郁癥或神經(jīng)過(guò)敏等之發(fā)作
Having to address an audience always gives me the horrors. 在大庭廣眾面前講話(huà), 我總是感到非常緊張. horror, adj [attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
designed to entertain by arousing pleasurable feelings of horror, shock, etc 以恐怖、 驚嚇等為刺激以資娛樂(lè)的
horror films/stories/comics 恐怖影片[故事/連環(huán)圖畫(huà)].
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后綴:or 表示物
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*['h?r?]n. 驚駭, 恐怖, 慘狀【醫(yī)】 恐怖, 恐懼相關(guān)詞組: have a horror of sth strike horror into sb