affright
affright
af.fright AHD[…-frºt“] DJ[*6fra!t] KK[*6fra!t]
v.tr.（及物动词） af.fright.ed,af.fright.ing,af.frights
To arouse fear in; terrify:
使害怕；惊吓：
“Many of nature's greatest oddities, that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there”(&b{David Mazel})
“许多自然界奇闻怪事使这里的居民惊恐万分，会被别处的居民很平静地接受”(戴维·梅泽尔)
n.（名词）
1.Great fear; terror.
惊吓；恐怖
2.A cause of terror.
恐怖原因：造成恐怖的原因
ORIGIN
1.Middle Englishafrighten
中古英语afrighten
2.from Old English³fyrhtan
源自 古英语³fyrhtan
3.³- [intensive pref.]
³- [强调性前缀]
4.fyrhtan [to frighten] fromfyrhto [fright]
fyrhtan [吓唬] 源自fyrhto [惊吓]
DERIVATIVES
▪affright“ment n.（名词）
