• n. 驚嚇；驚駭
• vt. 使驚恐

來自PIE*perg, 恐懼，害怕。與fear沒有辭源上的聯系。

fright

fright: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic *furkhtaz, an adjective of unknown origin (not related to English fear), meant ‘afraid’. From it was derived a noun *furkhtīn, which was the basis of one of the main words for ‘fear’ among the ancient Germanic languages (not superseded as the chief English term by fear until the 13th century). Its modern descendants include German furcht and English fright (in which the original sequence ‘vowel plus r’ was reversed by the process known as metathesis – something which also happened to Middle Low German vruchte, from which Swedish fruktan and Danish frygt ‘fear’ were borrowed).

fright (n.)

Middle English freiht, fright, from Old English (Northumbrian) fryhto, metathesis of Old English fyrhtu "fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight," from Proto-Germanic *furkhtaz "afraid" (cognates: Old Saxon forhta, Old Frisian fruchte, Old High German forhta, German Furcht, Gothic faurhtei "fear"). Not etymologically related to the word fear, which superseded it 13c. as the principal word except in cases of sudden terror. For spelling evolution, see fight (v.).

fright (v.)

"to frighten," Middle English, from Old English fyrhtan "to terrify, fill with fear," from the source of fright (n.). Old English also had forhtian "be afraid, become full of fear, tremble," but the primary sense of the verb in Middle English was "to make afraid."

1. Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him.

霍華德想成為流行歌手，但因怯場而心生畏懼。

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2. An untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of gunfire.

一匹未經訓練的馬聽到槍響受了驚。

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3. One boy, aged about 11, looks frozen with fright.

一個大約11歲的男孩嚇得一動不動。

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4. You naughty boy, you gave me such a fright.

你這調皮鬼，嚇了我一跳。

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5. To hide my fright I asked a question.

為了掩飾自己的恐懼，我問了個問題。

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