terrify
terrify
(-ies, -ied)
terrifier
noun
terrifyingly
adverb
(-ies, -ied)
- [with obj.]cause to feel extreme fear
使害怕，使恐惧，使惊吓
he is terrified of spiders.
他很怕蜘蛛。
[with obj. and clause]she was terrified he would drop her.
她很怕他会扔下她不管。
[as adj. terrifying]the terrifying events of the past few weeks.
过去几个星期里发生的可怕事件。
terrifier
noun
terrifyingly
adverb
- [as submodifier]the bombs are terrifyingly accurate.
炸弹惊人的准确。
- late 16th cent.: from Latin terrificare, from terrificus 'frightening' (see terrific)
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