horror
英 ['hɒrə]
美['hɔrɚ]
- n. 惊骇；惨状；极端厌恶；令人恐怖的事物
词态变化
复数: horrors;
中文词源
horror 厌恶，恐惧
来自拉丁语horrere,因恐惧而毛发竖立，颤抖，来自PIE*ghers,竖立的毛发，硬毛，词源同hair.引申词义厌恶，恐惧。
英英释意
- 1. intense and profound fear
- 2. something that inspires horror; something horrible;
- "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"
- 3. intense aversion
英文词源
- 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.
同义词辨析
alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread
这些名词均含"恐惧，惧怕，惊恐"之意。
alarm：强调突然意识到有危险而产生的恐惧心理。
fear：普通用词，侧重指面临危险或灾祸时内心所引起的恐惧心情。
fright：通常指一阵突然的、令人震惊的短暂恐惧，有时含夸张意味。
horror：侧重指因看到令人讨厌或危险的东西或情景而引起的厌恶情绪、极度恐惧心情或战栗的动作。
panic：常指因突如其来的外界威胁使人群出现惊慌、恐惧或混乱。
terror：指极大的恐惧和惊骇，语气最强。
dread：可与fear换用，着重害怕的心理，但dread常指胆怯和丧失勇气。
考试真题
- There's part of this sickening horror of knowing you're walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- witnesses said people were looking on in horror, as the child's mother, identified by sources as Maria Samara, stood frozen in shock.
2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
- There was a bit of me that didn't want to love this when everyone else on the planet did but the horror story is brilliant.
2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- To me, the "she" in the poem was horror.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- You freeze in horrors and burn with shame.
2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
- To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house al
2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- I stood up to speak and─horror of horrors─realized I had left my notes behind.
- 我站起来讲话，可是——老天爷呀——我发现自己忘了带讲稿。
牛津词典
- Her son is a little horror.
- 她的儿子是个小捣蛋鬼。
牛津词典
- a horror film/movie
- 恐怖片 / 电影
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- In this section you'll find horror and science fiction.
- 你可以在这一部分找恐怖和科幻小说。
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- the horrors of war
- 战争的恐怖经历
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- In his dreams he relives the horror of the attack.
- 那次袭击的恐怖景象在他的梦中一再重现。
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- The full horror of the accident was beginning to become clear.
- 这次悲惨事故的真相已开始逐渐清晰了。
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- Most people have a horror of speaking in public.
- 大多数人都十分害怕当众讲话。
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- a horror of deep water
- 恐惧深水
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- Her eyes were wide with horror.
- 她吓得目瞪口呆。
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- To his horror , he could feel himself starting to cry (= it upset him very much) .
- 他很恐惧，感到自己都快哭了。
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- She recoiled in horror at the sight of an enormous spider.
- 看到一只巨大的蜘蛛，她吓得直退。
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- The thought of being left alone filled her with horror.
- 想到被孤零零地留下，她就不寒而栗。
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- With a look of horror, he asked if the doctor thought he had cancer.
- 他惊恐失色地问医生是否认定他患了癌症。
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- People watched in horror as the plane crashed to the ground.
- 人们惊恐地看着飞机坠落到地面上。
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- The company has already boosted its share of the UK tea market with its round tea bags. Now it is successfully converting the nation to (horror of horrors) instant tea.
- 该公司已经凭借其袋泡茶提高了自己在英国茶叶市场的占有份额。现在它正在成功地使该国人民改喝（最可怕不过的）速溶茶。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a horror story about lost luggage while flying.
- 乘飞机旅行时丢失行李的糟糕经历
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a psychological horror film.
- 心理恐怖片
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- Our host was arrogant and offensive. How his sweet wife could tolerate such a horror was baffling.
- 招待我们的男主人傲慢无礼。真不知道他温柔的妻子怎么能容忍这样一个讨厌的家伙。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Can you possibly imagine all the horrors we have undergone since I last wrote you?
- 你能想象得出自从我上次给你写信以来我们所经历的所有可怕事情吗？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the horror of this most bloody of civil wars.
- 这场极其血腥的内战的惨烈
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- ...his horror of death.
- 他对死亡的惧怕
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- As I watched in horror the boat began to power away from me.
- 我惊恐万分地看着船加足马力从我身边开走了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I felt numb with horror...
- 我惊呆了。
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- He shrank back ( in shame , horror , etc. ).
- 他把身子一缩.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I was seized by a nameless horror.
- 我为不可名状的恐慌所控制.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She had a horror of hospitals.
- 她极其憎恶医院.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious ( though not perhaps strictly scientific ) link with our ancestral past.
- 它们是恐怖电影和惊险小说中的老一套的怪物, 并且与我们的祖先有着明显的 ( 虽然可能没有科学的 ) 联系.
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