afeared

[ə'fiəd]
  • adj. 受惊的,恐惧的
  • v. 恐惧(afear的过去分词)

英文词源


afeared (adj.)
Old English afæred, past participle of now-obsolete afear (Old English afæran) "to terrify," from a- (1) + færan (see fear (v.)). Used frequently by Shakespeare, but supplanted in literary English after 1700 by afraid (q.v.). It still survives in popular and colloquial speech.

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