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horror-struck [Show phonetics]
adjective [after verb] (ALSO horror-stricken)
extremely shocked and frightened:
They watched, horror-struck, as the car came off the road.

petrify (FRIGHTEN) [Show phonetics]
verb [T]
to frighten someone greatly, especially so that they are unable to move or speak:
I think you petrified poor Jeremy - he never said a word the whole time you were here.

petrified [Show phonetics]
adjective
extremely frightened:
I stood petrified as the most enormous dog I've ever seen came bounding up to me.
She's petrified of being on her own in the house at night.

quail (SHOW FEAR) [Show phonetics]
verb [I] LITERARY
to feel or show fear; to want to be able to move away from something because you fear it:
Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice.
She quailed before her boss's anger.

terrified [Show phonetics]
adjective
very frightened:
He huddled in the corner like a terrified child.
I'm terrified of the dark.
She's terrified (that) her mother might find out her secret.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

高岸 · 发表于: 星期六一月 15, 2005 9:27 am 发表主题:

欢迎LavenderSwing!

walk_in_rain · 发表于: 星期六一月 15, 2005 11:24 am 发表主题:

呵呵, 想来真是有些时日没见到你了, 一笑
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星子 · 发表于: 星期日一月 16, 2005 10:41 am 发表主题:

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quake (SHAKE) [Show phonetics]
verb [I]
to shake because you are very frightened or very amused, or to feel or show great fear:
Every time I get on a plane, I quake with fear.
Charlie stood outside the head teacher's office, quaking in his boots/shoes (= feeling very frightened).
The play was so funny, we were all quaking with laughter.

terror-stricken [Show phonetics]
adjective
extremely frightened

cower [Show phonetics]
verb [I]
to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards:
Stop cowering! I'm not going to hit you.
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