AMALa book or film that tells an exciting story about murder or crime 〔关于谋杀或犯罪的〕惊险小说,惊险电影► see thesaurus at movie
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thriller• The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller.• It is most definitely a thriller, but with strong romanticundertones.• Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal team up in a thriller about a hijackedplane.• They discovered a mutual love of mysteries and thrillers.• His latest work is a legalthriller set in Boston.• Some are more thriller than romance.• A police thriller with a difference.• 'Psycho' is Hitchcock's greatest psychologicalthriller.• Stephen King's new psychological thriller• It was a virtual-reality thriller just perfect for computer geeks, whose numbers have probably increased tenfold since the hourlong dramacrashed.• Francis retired from racing but has built a new career as a best sellingthrillerwriter.• 'Bullet to Beijing', a spythriller, starring Michael Caine and Michael Gambon• He has written a spy thriller that recalls Fleming's James Bondseries.• SallyFields' fighting-mom persona is dragged through the first stupidthriller of 1996.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + THRILLER | THRILLER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤gripping, taut扣人心弦的驚悚作品▸➤best-selling暢銷的驚險小說➤classic經典驚險作品▸➤action, comedy, crime, erotic, legal, mystery, noir, political, psychological, science-fiction, spy, supernatural, suspense動作/喜劇/刑偵/情色/法律/神秘/黑色/政治/心理/科幻/諜戰/超自然/懸疑驚險作品◇a gripping political thriller扣人心弦的政治驚險片VERB + THRILLER➤craft打造驚險作品◇his renown for crafting thrillers他打造驚悚片的名聲➤direct, write執導驚險片;創作驚險作品◇She had always wanted to write a spy thriller.她一直想寫一部諜戰驚險作品。➤read, watch讀驚險小說;觀看驚險電影THRILLER + NOUN➤writer驚險故事作者▸➤genre驚險體裁PREPOSITION➤in a/the thriller在驚險作品中◇one of the characters in the thriller驚險小說中的角色之一➤thriller by由⋯創作的驚險小說◇a new thriller by this American writer這位美國作家新創作的驚險小說