n.
- 恐怖,驚駭[U][S1][(+of)]
My elder sister has a
terror of fire.
我姐姐怕火。
- 引起恐怖的事物(或人)[the S][(+of/to)]
The detective, nicknamed Holmes, is a
terror to criminals.
那個外號叫福爾摩斯的偵探令罪犯聞之喪膽。
- (常大寫)恐怖統治[the S]
- 【口】極討厭的人[C]
Your son's a little
terror! Can you control him?
你的兒子真討厭!你可不可以管管他?
That boy's a little
terror.
那男孩真是個小搗蛋。
- 恐怖行動[U]
片語
strike terror into sb.'s heart
- 使某人心驚膽戰
I think by doing so he was trying to
strike terror into your heart.
我認為他這樣做是為了嚇唬你。
辨析
n.
- extreme fear.
▸the use of terror to intimidate people.
▸a cause of terror.
▸
(the Terror)
the period of the French Revolution when the ruling Jacobin faction ruthlessly executed anyone considered a threat to their regime.
-
(also holy terror)
informal a person causing trouble or annoyance.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. terrour, from L. terror, from terrere ‘frighten’.