• adj. 可怕的；驚人的；非常的

來自fright, 恐懼的，害怕的。

frightful (adj.)

mid-13c., "timid, fearful, full of terror," from fright (n.) + -ful. The prevailing modern sense of "alarming, full of occasion for fright" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c. 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully; frightfulness. Middle English also had frighty "causing fear," also "afraid" (mid-13c.).

1. What frightful gossips people are, even one'sbest friends.

人們最愛散布流言蜚語，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It was absolutely frightful!

簡直糟透了！

來自《權威詞典》

3. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

他看上去臉色蒼白,一身衣服弄得一塌糊涂.

來自《用法詞典》

4. The smell was frightful.

這氣味難聞極了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The battle resulted in a frightful slaughter.

戰斗以可怕的大屠殺告終.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》