1580s, a late construction from a- (1) + fright (v.), probably on model of earlier past participle adjective affright "struck with sudden fear" (metathesized from Old English afyrht). Related: Affrighted; affrighting.
双语例句
1. Ghosts could never affright her.
她从来不害怕幽灵.
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2. Does the Rising Sun affright.
升起的朝阳为之惊吓.
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3. Many of nature's greatest oddities , that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there ( David Mazel )
