horror

劍橋詞典

B2 [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
an extremely strong feeling of fear and shock , or the frightening and shocking character of something
恐懼；震驚；（…的）震驚性，恐怖性
The crowd cried out in horror as the car burst into flames . 當汽車突然起火時，人群發(fā)出一陣驚恐的叫聲。
The thought of speaking in front of so many people fills me with horror. 一想到要在那么多人面前講話，我心里就不由得一陣害怕。
I then realized to my absolute horror, that I had forgotten the present . 那時我驚恐地意識到，我把禮物給忘了。
What the book does convey very successfully is the horror of war . 那本書的確成功描繪出了戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖。
?horrors [ 名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式 ]

things that are very shocking or frightening
威脅；令人震驚的事
The population now faces the horrors of starvation . 人們現(xiàn)在面臨著饑餓的威脅。
Nuclear war is one of the horrors that face the modern world . 核戰(zhàn)爭是當今世界面臨的幾大威脅之一。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] informal
a child who behaves very badly
淘氣鬼，搗蛋鬼
Her youngest boy is a little horror. 她的小兒子是個小淘氣鬼。

例句

• Few journalists have managed to convey the full horror of the situation .
• We watched in horror as they pulled the bodies from the wreckage .
• The prospect of parenthood filled her with horror.
• The true horror of the accident did not become clear until the following morning .
• Local people regard this idea of a motorway through their village with horror.

習(xí)語

have a horror of sth
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