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/ˈfraɪtn/
To make someone feel afraid. A person, an animal, a sudden noise, or even a thought can frighten someone.
嚇；使害怕
過去式 frightened過去分詞 frightened-ing frightening三單 frightens
核心畫面
One way to picture it: fear being put into someone from the outside. The thing that causes the fear comes first in the sentence — a person, a dog, a loud noise, even a thought — and the person who feels afraid comes after it.
害怕不是自己冒出來的，是被什麼東西「放進」某個人心裡的。frighten 這個動詞的重點在方向——句子的主詞是那個製…更多收起
害怕不是自己冒出來的，是被什麼東西「放進」某個人心裡的。frighten 這個動詞的重點在方向——句子的主詞是那個製造恐懼的東西（一個人、一隻狗、一聲巨響，甚至只是一個念頭），承受的人放在後面。所以我們說 The noise frightened her，而不是說她 frighten；她是被嚇的那一方。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
frightenverb/ˈfɹaɪ.tən/
- 1
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
- Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
- His Deſign was only to frighten France, and get more Money.
- 2
To become scared or alarmed.
- In fitting the White Leghorns for exhibition, it must be remembered that they are of nervous disposition and frighten easily.
- Those male moose at the southeast arm didn't frighten very much when we docked to fly-fish one day. One was so scared of us he just walked toward us and snorted.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。