hor·ror /ˈhɒrə $ ˈhɔːrər, ˈhɑː-/ ●●○ W3 noun1 [uncountableU]SHOCKFRIGHTENED a strong feeling of shock and fear 驚恐;震驚in horrorStaff watched in horror as he set himself alight. 員工驚恐地看着他自焚。
with horrorMany people recoil with horror when they see a big spider like this. 很多人看到這樣一只大蜘蛛時都會嚇得往後退。
to somebody’s horror (=making someone shocked or afraid) 讓某人大爲驚恐To my horror, I realised my shirt was wet with blood. 我發現自己的襯衫被鮮血沾濕,大爲驚恐。
You should have seen the look of horror on his face. 你真該看看他臉上恐懼的表情。
3 the horror of something when a situation or event is very unpleasant or shocking 某事物的令人震驚[恐怖]Dense smoke surrounded them, adding to the horror of the situation. 濃煙包圍了他們,情形變得更加恐怖。
Only when the vehicle was lifted did the full horror of the accident become clear. 當車輛被吊起來時才知道事故到底有多可怕。
4 have a horror of something FRIGHTENEDto be afraid of something or dislike it very much 懼怕[憎惡]某物He has a horror of snakes. 他很怕蛇。
have a horror of something• I have a horror of supermarkets.• I had long had a horror of alcohol.• It showed itself to have a horror of socialism already in the nineteenth century. 5. little horror British EnglishBrEBAD PERSON a young child who behaves badly 淘氣鬼,討厭鬼〔指小孩子〕little horror• And that little horror Zach was around.
6. give somebody the horrors FRIGHTENEDto make someone feel unreasonably frightened or nervous 令某人感到非常恐懼[緊張]give somebody the horrors• But she had told Dorothy, who had told the parents, that Ben gave her the horrors.• The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors. 7. horror of horrors British EnglishBrE used to say how bad something is – often used humorously when you think something is not really very bad 老天爺呀,嚇死人啦〔常爲幽默用法,用於認爲某事物並不真的糟糕時〕