horror
英 ['h?r?]
美['h?r?]
- n. 驚駭；慘狀；極端厭惡；令人恐怖的事物
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?horrors;
中文詞源
horror 厭惡，恐懼
來自拉丁語horrere,因恐懼而毛發(fā)豎立，顫抖，來自PIE*ghers,豎立的毛發(fā)，硬毛，詞源同hair.引申詞義厭惡，恐懼。
英文詞源
- horror (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern French horreur) and directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder," from PIE root *ghers- "to bristle" (cognates: Sanskrit harsate "bristles," Avestan zarshayamna- "ruffling one's feathers," Latin eris (genitive) "hedgehog," Welsh garw "rough"). As a genre in film, 1934. Chamber of horrors originally (1849) was a gallery of notorious criminals in Madame Tussaud's wax exhibition.
雙語例句
- 1. Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror.
- 不知為什么他講這些故事時一點都不害怕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Reggie reacted with the same affronted horror Midge had felt.
- 雷吉的反應是又羞憤又害怕，和米奇的感覺一樣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. When she saw him, she let out a cry of horror.
- 她看見他時嚇得大叫一聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. This novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.
- 這本小說既非科幻小說亦非哥特派恐怖小說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The media is full of shock-horror headlines about under-age crime.
- 媒體上充斥著各種關于未成年人犯罪的駭人聽聞的新聞標題。
來自柯林斯例句