| 词组 | horror |
| 释义 | horror /ˈhɒrə $ ˈhɔːrər, ˈhɑː-/ noun 1. a strong feeling of shock and fearadjectivesabsolute/sheer/abject horror (=great horror) There was a look of sheer horror on her face.mock horror (=horror that is not real) Grandma raised her hands in mock horror.verbsfill sb with horror The idea of killing an animal filled him with horror.express horror The president expressed horror at the terrible events.imagine sb’s horror Imagine his horror when he found the body.prepositionsin horror Ashley stared in horror at the black hairy spider.with horror Staff watched with horror as he set the documents on fire.to sb’s horror To my horror, I realized my shirt was wet with blood.horror at sth He was filled with horror at the thought of what he had to do.phrasesa look of horror Suddenly, a look of horror spread over his face.a sense of horror The news filled me with a sense of horror.2. something that is very shocking and terribleadjectivesthe true/full horror of sth He suddenly realized the true horror of what he was doing. | The full horror of the attack was revealed last night.unspeakable/unimaginable horror (=used when emphasizing how bad something is) The refugees had suffered unspeakable horrors.verbsexperience/suffer a horror His grandfather had experienced the horror of the First World War.face a horror I also had to face the same horror.describe the horror of sth She described the horror of losing a child.witness a horror (=see it happen) The whole world has witnessed the horrors of terrorism.survive the horrors of sth Naomi had survived the horrors of life in a prison camp.commit a horror also perpetrate a horror formal (=cause it to happen) Many horrors were perpetrated during the war.a horror unfolds (=it starts to happen) People stood helplessly and watched the horror unfold.prepositionsthe horror of sth Local people were stunned by the horror of this brutal attack. |
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