[mass noun]an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust
恐惧,惊骇,厌恶
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children screamed in horror .孩子们恐惧地尖叫。
a thing causing such a feeling
令人恐惧(或惊骇、厌恶)之事物
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photographs showed the horror of the tragedy 照片展示了那场悲剧的恐怖
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[count noun]
the horrors of civil war .内战的惨状。
a literary or film genre concerned with arousing such feelings
(文学,电影)恐怖作品
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[as modifier]
a horror film .恐怖电影。
intense dismay
极度沮丧
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to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine .令她沮丧的是,她发现小偷偷走了机器。
[as exclamation](
〈主 幽默〉 (用于表示沮丧)哎哟,糟了
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horrors, two buttons were missing! 糟了,两颗纽扣掉了!
[in sing.]intense dislike
极其不喜欢,厌恶,憎恨
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many have a horror of consulting a dictionary .许多人极不喜欢查字典。
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极度紧张,高度焦虑
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the mere thought of it gives me the horrors .光是想到它就会令我焦虑不已。
〈非 正式〉 (尤指小孩)坏蛋,捣蛋鬼,淘气包
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that little horror Zach was around .那个小淘气扎克就在附近。
"Middle English: via Old French from Latin