horror
单词辨析：
指突然产生的强烈的害怕或紧张之感，使人无法理智地思考和行动。
No one knows why she fled in panic.
没人知道她为什么惊慌地逃走了。
He got into a panic when he realised that he couldn't meet the deadline.
他发现无法按期完成任务，慌了起来。
指因意识到可能发生的坏事或危险而产生的惊恐或担忧之感。
He turned back in alarm.
他惊慌地转过身。
There is growing alarm at the increase in food contamination.
对于食品污染的增多，人们越来越恐惧。
指非常强烈的震惊或恐惧之感，含有厌恶的意味。
She recoiled with horror when she saw a big snake.
她看到一条大蛇时吓得往后退。
To his horror, he realized there were blood stains on his coat.
他发现外套上沾有血迹，大为惊恐。
强调极度的恐惧，语义最强。
Several bombs went off one after another, and she screamed in terror.
几颗炸弹接二连三地爆炸，她害怕地尖叫起来。
The sound of gun shots struck terror into the children's hearts.
听到枪响，孩子们胆战心惊。
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They backed off in horror.
他们心怀恐惧地退缩了。
'Jacob's Ladder', the newest film by Adrian Lyne, is a post-Vietnam horror story.
阿德里安·莱恩的最新电影《雅各的天梯》讲的是一个发生在越战后的恐怖故事。
She emerges as a full, three-dimensional character in a way that few horror genre heroines ever do.
她作为一个丰满而又鲜活的人物形象展现在读者面前，之前的恐怖体裁作品中，很少有女主人公给人这种感觉。
'It's tragic!' swoons Jeffrey in mock horror
“真惨啊！”杰弗里假装吓昏了过去。
This novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.
这本小说既非科幻小说亦非哥特派恐怖小说。
She had a horror of hospitals.
她极其憎恶医院。