"frighten" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 嚇唬
• 使害怕

Definition

使某人感到害怕，或突然受到驚嚇。通常用來表示某個人、事物或情況讓別人產生恐懼。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞在日常和書面英語中都很常見。常見搭配有 'frighten someone' 和 'be frightened of/by something'。在口語中，'scare' 更常用；'frighten' 語氣稍強一些，也稍微正式。不要把 'frighten'（使害怕）和 'frightened'（感到害怕的）混淆。

Examples

Loud noises frighten the baby.

巨大的噪音會**嚇唬**寶寶。

Don't frighten the cat.

別**嚇唬**那隻貓。

The dark room frightened me.

那個黑暗的房間**嚇到了**我。

I didn't mean to frighten you—I was just joking.

我不是故意**嚇你**的，我只是開個玩笑。

Stories like that frighten people more than they should.

那樣的故事會**嚇到**人，而且往往比應有的程度更嚴重。

What really frightens me is how quiet everything gets before a storm.

真正**讓我害怕**的是，暴風雨來臨前一切都會變得異常安靜。