参考词典中fearful的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 可怕的,害怕的,担心的,非常的,忐忑的
词形变化
- 名 词:fear'ful·ness副 词:fear'ful·ly
参考例句
- I heard a fearful explosion.
我听到一声可怕的爆炸。 - Timid or fearful;timorous.
恐惧或胆怯的;怯懦的 - A fearful blunder;fearful poverty.
可怕的疏忽;可怕的贫穷 - The lightning was followed by a fearful clap of thunder.
闪电之后是一阵可怕的雷声。
- I heard a fearful explosion.
英英解释
5个形容词解释
- lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
[同] cowardly, fearful
[反] courageous, brave
[例]- cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then
- causing fear or dread or terror
[同] dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, awful, terrible
[例]- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
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- extremely distressing
[同] fearful, frightful
[例]- fearful slum conditions
- a frightful mistake
- timid by nature or revealing timidity
[同] fearful, timorous, trepid
[例]- timorous little mouse
- in a timorous tone
- cast fearful glances at the large dog
- experiencing or showing fear
[例]- a fearful glance
- fearful of criticism
less ...点击查看……- lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted