horrify
verb /ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/
/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they horrify | /ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/ /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/ |
he / she / it horrifies | /ˈhɒrɪfaɪz/ /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪz/ |
past simple horrified | /ˈhɒrɪfaɪd/ /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪd/ |
past participle horrified | /ˈhɒrɪfaɪd/ /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪd/ |
-ing form horrifying | /ˈhɒrɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody feel extremely shocked or frightened
synonym appal惊吓;使厌恶;恐吓 - horrify somebody The whole country was horrified by the killings.
全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。 - it horrifies somebody to do something It horrified her to think that he had killed someone.
一想到他杀过人,她就感到毛骨悚然。 - it horrifies somebody that… It horrified her that he had actually killed someone.
他确实杀过人,这件事使她感到毛骨悚然。
词源late 18th cent.: from Latin horrificare, from horrificus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’. - horrify somebody The whole country was horrified by the killings.