Word · Frequency #13904
freak
失去勇气；惊慌失措
to lose one's nerve
- 1.
lose one's nerve
失去勇气
失去勇气
In use
Don't freak when you see the price of the tickets; I've already paid for them.
He freaked during the job interview and forgot his own name.
She always freaks right before she goes on stage, but she performs brilliantly.
When he saw the accident, he freaked out
freak out
非正式用语，表示极度惊慌或愤怒。
He freaked out when he saw the spider.
他看到蜘蛛时吓坏了。
freak sb out
使某人感到恐惧或不安。
The loud noise freaked me out.
巨大的噪音把我吓坏了。
freak about/over sth
对某事过度反应。
Don't freak about the test; it's not that important.
别为考试大惊小怪，没那么重要。
Verb forms
base freak · third person freaks · -ing freaking · past freaked · past participle freaked
规则动词
Common mistakes
She had a freak when she lost her phone.She freaked out when she lost her phone.
该句错误地将'freak'用作名词，表示'惊慌'。正确用法是使用动词短语'freak out'表示'变得极度惊慌'，因为'freak out'是固定搭配，表示突然的强烈情绪反应。
He freaked when he heard the noise.He freaked out when he heard the noise.
该句遗漏了'out'。虽然'freak'单独使用有时也可表示惊慌，但更常见且自然的表达是'freak out'，尤其在口语中。加上'out'使短语意义更明确、地道。
Connections
Collocations
- freak out
- 惊慌失措；失去勇气
- Don't freak out — the test is not that hard.别惊慌失措——这次考试没那么难。
- freak out about
- 对……感到极度紧张
- She freaked out about the interview.她对面试感到极度紧张。
- freak out over
- 因……而慌乱
- He freaked out over the smallest mistake.他因为最小的错误就慌乱起来。
- start to freak out
- 开始慌张
- I started to freak out when I couldn't find my passport.找不到护照时，我开始慌张起来。
- completely freak out
- 完全吓坏
- They completely freaked out when they heard the news.他们听到这个消息时完全吓坏了。
- make someone freak out
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：freak 的前半段 frea 像 fear（恐惧），惧怕到极点就失去勇气、惊慌失措。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、informal writing 这个词表示“失去勇气”或“惊慌”时，通常用于非正式口语，多出现在日常对话或情绪化的表述中，正式场合比较少见。
Grammar Note
通常用于非正式场合，作不及物动词，强调突然失去勇气或惊慌失措。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 freak /fɹiːk/ 押韵的是 peak、weak、leak、sneak、beak（都读 /iːk/）。注意拼写相似的 lookalike：break /breɪk/ 和 steak /steɪk/ 虽也含 -eak，但发音完全不同，不与 freak 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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