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horror of something
The horror of the accident haunted her for years.
那次事故的恐怖困扰了她多年。
惊恐；恐惧；惊骇
horrors — plural of horror
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惊恐；恐惧；惊骇
intense and profound fear
The horror of the accident haunted her for years.
那次事故的恐怖困扰了她多年。
强烈的恐惧或厌恶的痛苦情绪。
An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
可怕的事物；令人恐惧的东西。
Something horrible; that which excites horror.
强烈的反感或厌恶；憎恶。
Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
一种旨在引发恐惧和悬念的小说体裁。
A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
She watched in horror as the dog ran into the busy street.
她惊恐地看着狗跑上繁忙的街道。
He has a horror of spiders and refuses to go into the garden.
他非常怕蜘蛛，拒绝去花园。
To my horror, I realized I had left the stove on.
令我惊恐的是，我意识到自己忘了关炉子。
The horror of the accident haunted her for years.
那次事故的恐怖困扰了她多年。
固定搭配，表示‘惊恐地’
They watched the scene in horror.
他们惊恐地看着那个场景。
用于句首，表示令人惊恐的是
To my horror, I forgot my passport.
令我惊恐的是，我忘了带护照。
Not this
I feel horror about the news.
Use this
I feel horrible about the news.
‘horror’ 是名词，表示“恐怖”的状态或事物；这里需要形容词 ‘horrible’ 来描述感受，中文学习者常混淆名词和形容词形式。
Not this
I have horror of spiders.
Use this
I have a horror of spiders.
在表示“对……的强烈厌恶”时，‘horror’ 常用作可数名词，前面需要不定冠词 ‘a’；中文没有冠词系统，学习者容易遗漏。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
惊恐地
She screamed in horror when she saw the ghost.
看到鬼时她惊恐地尖叫起来。
恐怖电影
I don't like watching horror movies alone at night.
我不喜欢晚上一个人看恐怖电影。
纯粹的恐惧
The look of sheer horror on his face was unforgettable.
他脸上纯粹的恐惧表情令人难忘。
恐怖故事
Children love to tell horror stories around the campfire.
孩子们喜欢围着篝火讲恐怖故事。
战争的恐怖
The novel vividly describes the horrors of war.
这部小说生动地描写了战争的恐怖。
最可怕的事
I realized, horror of horrors, that I had left my passport at home.
我意识到最可怕的事——我把护照忘在家里了。
震惊恐惧（用于夸张地表达惊讶或愤怒）
Shock horror! The meeting has been postponed again.
震惊恐惧！会议又被推迟了。
恐怖故事；糟糕的经历
Her experience with that company was a horror story of incompetence.
她在那个公司的经历是一个关于无能的恐怖故事。
恐怖……恐怖……
In Apocalypse Now, Colonel Kurtz whispers 'the horror... the horror' as his final words.
在电影《现代启示录》中，库尔兹上校临终前低语‘恐怖……恐怖……’。
Use horrors naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“嚎惹”：遇到恐怖之事，不禁嚎叫，惹来注意。
常用语域：中性，多用于恐怖题材（电影、小说）或表达强烈恐惧感。
可数表示具体恐怖之事，不可数表示情绪
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