Word · Frequency #22413
frightfully
可怕地；恐怖地
核心释义
in a frightful manner
- 1.
以可怕的方式；令人恐惧地。
In a frightful manner.
以可怕的方式；令人恐惧地。；可怕地；(非正式)非常地
用法In use
The storm raged frightfully all night, so I could not sleep.
用法提示：frightfully 是副词，修饰动词 raged，表示“令人恐惧地”。
She screamed frightfully when she saw the spider.
用法提示：frightfully 是副词，修饰动词 screamed，表示“恐惧地、吓人地”。
The stairs creaked frightfully as we walked down in the dark.
用法提示：frightfully 是副词，修饰动词 creaked，表示“令人害怕地”。
verb + frightfully
frightfully 是方式副词，常放在动词之后，表示动作以可怕或吓人的方式进行。
The wolf howled frightfully.
那只狼令人恐惧地嚎叫着。
常见错误Common mistakes
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- frightfully pale
- 苍白得吓人
- She looked frightfully pale, as if she had seen a ghost.她看上去苍白得吓人，好像见了鬼似的。
- frightfully thin
- 瘦得吓人
- The old man was frightfully thin after his long illness.久病之后，老人瘦得吓人。
- frightfully quiet
- 静得令人害怕
- The house was frightfully quiet that night.那天晚上，房子里静得令人害怕。
- frightfully noisy
- 吵闹得吓人
- The street outside was frightfully noisy, and I couldn't sleep.外面的街道吵闹得吓人，我根本无法入睡。
- frightfully ugly
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：fright（惊吓）+ fully（满满地）→ 满心惊恐地，即“可怕地”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal narrative 表示“以可怕的方式”这一本义时，通常见于书面语或文学性叙述，语气较正式；日常口语中比较少见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵（重读元音及之后的音为 /aɪtfəli/）：delightfully /dɪˈlaɪtfəli/、spitefully /ˈspaɪtfəli/、rightfully /ˈraɪtfəli/。注意 spitefully 用 -ite-，与 frightfully 的 -ight- 拼法不同。frightful 和 fright 只与 frightfully 共享 /fraɪt/ 音及 fright- 拼写，不是完整韵脚；frighteningly 的韵脚是 /aɪtnɪŋli/，多出 /nɪŋ/，也不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.