“terrification”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

terrification

释义

terrification Chiefly Sc.|ˌtɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. terrificātiōn-em, n. of action from terrificāre to terrify.]
The action of terrifying; the fact or condition of being terrified; consternation, extreme alarm, terror, fright.
1612in W. James Deeds East Lothian (1899) 29 For ane examplar terrificatioun to all Godles harlottis to flie and abhorre the lyk.1797Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. III. 504 Now and then he tried terrification, by letting out some strong Jacobin phrases.1833Galt in Fraser's Mag. VIII. 657 He was in an awful terrification.
b. transf. A source of alarm or dismay; a terror.
a1806A. Grant Lett. fr. Mount. (1806) III. 180 She was a terrification to me.

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