惊吓 (驚嚇)
jīng xià
Pinyin
Definition
惊吓 (驚嚇)
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- to frighten
- to horrify
- to terrify
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to scare
- 2 to intimidate
- 3 to threaten
- 4 (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
- 5 (interjection showing astonishment)
- 1 nice surprise
- 2 to be pleasantly surprised
- 1 staggering
- 2 shocking
- 3 frightened
- 1 to rouse
- 2 to be woken by sth
- 3 to wake with a start
- 4 to sleep lightly
- 1 in a panicked state
- 2 frightened
Idioms (20)
一夕数惊
- 1 one scare after another (idiom)
- 2 in a constant state of tension
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
动魄惊心
- 1 shaking one to the core (idiom); extremely disturbing
- 2 shattering
- 3 hair-raising
大吃一惊
- 1 to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled
- 2 gobsmacked
大惊失色
- 1 to turn pale with fright (idiom)
Sample Sentences
相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人,交游广阔,特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次,在宴席上,乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时,看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动,这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓,但碍于面子,不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后,老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去,越想越难受,竟然因此病倒了!
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
你这样让水母受到更严重的惊吓,难怪被咬得那么厉害,下次别这样!
You probabl y frightened the jellyfish even more by doing that, no wonder you got stung so badly. Don't do that next time!
她一直在哭,好像是受到了惊吓。她说晚上回家后,发现丈夫倒在血泊里,已经死了。后来我们带她去警察局做笔录,鉴证科的同事留在现场调查取样。
She was crying non-stop. It seemed like she was really surprised. She said that after coming home that night, she discovered her husband had fallen in a pool of blood,and he was already dead. Later, we took her to the police station to make a statement. Our colleagues in the Crime Scene Investigation department stayed at the scene of the crime to investigate and take samples.