Word · Frequency #5047
Fully loadedfrightens
使惊吓，吓唬
frightens is the third person singular of frighten.
cause fear in (someone)
- 1.
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
使感到害怕；惊吓；使感到惊恐。
- 2.
cause fear in
使害怕
- 3.
To become scared or alarmed.
变得害怕或惊恐。
- 4.
drive out by frightening
吓跑
惊恐，害怕；使感到害怕；惊吓；使感到惊恐。；使害怕；变得害怕或惊恐。；吓跑
In use
The loud noise frightened the children.
I was frightened by the sudden knock on the door.
The threatening letter frightened them into calling the police.
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
frighten sb
The sudden loud noise frightened the children.
突然的巨大声响吓到了孩子们。
frighten sb into doing sth
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。
frighten sb away/off
Connections
Collocations
- frighten someone into doing something
- 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。
- frighten someone away/off
- 吓跑某人
- The guard dog frightened off the intruder.看门狗吓跑了闯入者。
- be frightened of
- 害怕
- She is frightened of spiders.她害怕蜘蛛。
- frighten the life out of someone
- 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。
- frighten someone to death
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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.
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ight (bright, light, etc.) rhyme with the first syllable of 'frighten' (/fraɪt/). Words ending in -en like 'kitten' have a similar spelling but different vowel sound (/ɪ/ vs /aɪ/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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