terror

英 [ˈterə(r)]

美 [ˈterər]

n.  惊恐; 恐惧; 惊骇; 可怕的人; 恐怖的事; 可怕的情况; (通常出于政治目的)恐怖行动，恐怖

复数：terrors　

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同义词辨析

panicalarmhorrorterror【导航词义：惊慌，惊恐】

牛津词典

noun

• 惊恐；恐惧；惊骇
  a feeling of extreme fear
  1. a feeling of sheer/pure terror
     胆战心惊
  2. Her eyes were wild with terror.
     她的眼睛里充满了恐惧。
  3. People fled from the explosion in terror .
     人们惊恐地逃离了爆炸现场。
  4. She lives in terror of (= is constantly afraid of) losing her job.
     她一直胆战心惊地害怕丢了工作。
  5. Some women have a terror of losing control in the birth process.
     有些妇女惧怕在分娩过程中失去控制。
  6. The very name of the enemy struck terror into their hearts.
     他们一听到敌人的名字就心惊胆战。
• 可怕的人；恐怖的事；可怕的情况
  a person, situation or thing that makes you very afraid
  1. These street gangs have become the terror of the neighbourhood.
     这些街头少年团伙使得周围邻里谈之色变。
  2. Death holds no terrors for (= does not frighten or worry) me.
     死神是吓不倒我的。
  3. The terrors of the night were past.
     夜间那些恐怖的事情都已经成为过去。
• （通常出于政治目的）恐怖行动，恐怖
  violent action or the threat of violent action that is intended to cause fear, usually for political purposes
  1. a campaign of terror
     恐怖运动
  2. terror tactics
     恐怖手段
• 讨厌鬼；小捣蛋
  a person (usually a child) or an animal that causes you trouble or is difficult to control
  1. Their kids are real little terrors.
     他们的小孩都是十足的讨厌鬼。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 恐惧;惊恐;恐慌
  Terroris very great fear.
  1. I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane...
     每次坐飞机前，我都吓得直发抖。
  2. The day of terror ended after police used teargas and stormed the house.
     警察使用了催泪瓦斯攻入屋子以后，恐惧的一天结束了。
• N-UNCOUNT (尤指有政治目的的)恐怖活动，恐怖主义
  Terroris violence or the threat of violence, especially when it is used for political reasons.
  1. The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign.
     对首都的炸弹袭击可能标志着选举前的恐怖活动开始了。
• N-COUNT 恐怖的事物
  Aterroris something that makes you very frightened.
  1. As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people.
     小时候，他特别害怕见人。
  2. ...the terrors of violence.
     恐怖的暴力行为
• N-COUNT 讨厌的小孩;淘气鬼;小捣蛋
  If someone describes a child as aterror, they think that he or she is naughty and difficult to control.
  1. He was a terror. He had been a difficult child for as long as his parents could remember.
     他是个淘气鬼，从小就不老实。
• PHRASE 完全吓不倒；让人丝毫不焦虑
  If somethingholds no terrors foryou, you are not at all frightened or worried by it.
  1. Childbirth now held fewer terrors for her than it once had.
     她现在不像原来那样害怕分娩了。
• tolive in terror→ see:live

英英释义

noun

• the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
  1. he used terror to make them confess
• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  Synonym:panicaffright
• a very troublesome child
  Synonym:bratlittle terrorholy terror
• a person who inspires fear or dread
  1. he was the terror of the neighborhood
  Synonym:scourgethreat

双语例句

• As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people.
  小时候，他特别害怕见人。
• He was a terror. He had been a difficult child for as long as his parents could remember.
  他是个淘气鬼，从小就不老实。
• The army had perfected the use of terror as a means of controlling the population
  军队已经深谙利用恐怖手段控制民众之道。
• One of the small children began to wail with terror.
  小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。
• I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods.
  她的任性妄为和喜怒无常让我整天提心吊胆。
• These regimes could use such weapons for blackmail, terror, and mass murder.
  这些政权可能利用这类武器进行讹诈、制造恐怖和进行大规模谋杀活动。
• Childbirth now held fewer terrors for her than it once had.
  她现在不像原来那样害怕分娩了。
• She shrieked ( or screamed) with terror.
  她吓得尖声嘶叫起来。
• He is stupefied with grief [ terror].
  他因忧郁[恐怖]而发呆。
• The commanders accused him of carrying out a reign of terror.
  指挥官们谴责他实行恐怖统治。