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frighten sb
The sudden loud noise frightened the children.
突然的巨大声响吓到了孩子们。
使惊吓，吓唬
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使惊吓，吓唬
cause fear in (someone)
The sudden loud noise frightened the children.
突然的巨大声响吓到了孩子们。
使感到害怕；惊吓；使感到惊恐。
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
使害怕
cause fear in
变得害怕或惊恐。
To become scared or alarmed.
吓跑
drive out by frightening
frighten
Base
原形
frightens
3rd person
第三人称单数
frightening
-ing
现在分词
frightened
Past
过去式
frightened
Past participle
过去分词
Loud noises frighten him.
巨大的响声吓到他。
The sudden appearance frightened her.
突然出现吓到了她。
He is frightening the children with ghost stories.
他正在用鬼故事吓孩子们。
The news has frightened everyone.
这个消息吓到了所有人。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为frightened。
The loud noise frightened the children.
巨大的响声吓到了孩子们。
AI contextual example
I was frightened by the sudden knock on the door.
我被突然的敲门声吓到了。
AI contextual example
The threatening letter frightened them into calling the police.
威胁信吓得他们报了警。
AI contextual example
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
那个在大楼附近徘徊的陌生人让我害怕
WordNet
The sudden loud noise frightened the children.
突然的巨大声响吓到了孩子们。
常用于威胁或胁迫的语境。
They tried to frighten him into signing the contract.
他们试图吓唬他签合同。
The dog frightened away the intruder.
狗吓跑了闯入者。
Not this
The horror movie was very frighten.
Use this
The horror movie was very frightening.
表示某事物令人害怕时，应该用现在分词形式的形容词 frightening，而不是动词原形 frighten。frighten是动词，不能直接作表语形容词。
Not this
I was frighten by the sudden noise.
Use this
I was frightened by the sudden noise.
表示某人感到害怕时，应该用过去分词形式的形容词 frightened，表示被动感受。frighten是动词原形，不能用于be动词后的形容词位置。
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吓得某人做某事
The sudden noise frightened the cat into running away.
突然的响声把猫吓得跑开了。
吓跑某人
The guard dog frightened off the intruder.
看门狗吓跑了闯入者。
害怕
She is frightened of spiders.
她害怕蜘蛛。
把某人吓得半死
The horror movie frightened the life out of me.
那部恐怖电影把我吓得半死。
吓死某人
The sudden knock at the door frightened me to death.
突然的敲门声吓得我要死。
用某事吓唬某人
Don't frighten the children with ghost stories.
别用鬼故事吓唬孩子们。
把…吓得魂不附体
The sudden loud noise frightened the life out of me.
突然的巨响把我吓得魂不附体。
把某人吓得魂飞魄散
The horror movie frightened her out of her wits.
那部恐怖电影把她吓得魂飞魄散。
把某人吓得要死
Don't sneak up on me like that; you frightened me to death!
别那样蹑手蹑脚地靠近我；你把我吓死了！
你害怕黑暗
You hear a noise, you turn around, you're frightened
你听到一个声音，转身一看，你吓坏了
我不怕你，但你吓不到我！
You don't frighten me!
你吓不到我！
发长 /aɪ/ 音 (如 high, light)
Same pattern, same sound
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fright（恐怖）+ en（使），即“使恐怖”。想象一个恐怖场景让你感到fright，加上en就是动词“使惊吓”。
常见场景：scary stories、sudden noises、threats、horror movies 通常用于描述使人感到害怕的情景，既可用于日常对话也可用于书面描述。常见的结构有frighten sb into doing sth和frighten sb away/off。
及物动词时后接宾语；不及物动词表示感到害怕。常用搭配：frighten sb into doing sth, frighten sb away/off.
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