n.
- 恐慌，驚慌[U][S1]
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Rumours of an imminent earthquake started a
panic.
謠傳即將發生地震引起了一陣恐慌。
- （經濟）大恐慌[C]
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When four banks failed in one day, there was a
panic among businessmen.
當一天之內有四家銀行倒閉的時候，企業人士一片恐慌。
- 【俚】非常滑稽可笑的人（或物）[S]
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His costume is a
panic.
他的服裝滑稽透了。
a.
- 恐慌的；起於恐慌的
- 毫無理由的；極度的
- 應急的
vt.
- 使恐慌
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The idea might
panic the investors.
這個想法可能會使投資者惶恐不安。
- 【美】【俚】使大笑；使喝采
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His jokes simply
panic me.
他的笑話令我大笑不止。
vi.
- 十分驚慌[（+at/over）]
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"Don't
panic, boys; there's no danger."
"不要慌，孩子們；沒有危險。"
片語
be seized/struck with (a) panic
- 驚慌失措
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On hearing the soft footsteps outside her room, she
was seized with panic.
一聽到門外有輕輕的腳步聲，她驚慌失措。
衍生
辨析
panic1
n.
sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety.
▸informal frenzied hurry to do something.
v.
(panics, panicking, panicked)
be affected by or cause to feel panic.
▸
(panic someone into)
drive someone through panic into (hasty or rash action).
Phrase
- panic stations
Brit. informal a state of alarm or emergency.
Derivative
Etymology
C17: from Fr. panique, from mod. L. panicus, from Gk panikos, from the name of the Greek god Pan, noted for causing terror.
panic2
n.
a cereal or fodder grass of a group including millet.
[
Panicum and other genera.]
Etymology
ME: from L. panicum, from panus ‘ear of millet’ (lit. ‘thread wound on a bobbin’), based on Gk pēnos ‘web’, pēnion ‘bobbin’.
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