frighten學測 L3KK [ˈfraɪtən] ｜ /ˈfraɪtən/
嚇到；使害怕·嚇跑；驅趕
學測動詞常考，易與被動用法混淆
A sudden knock on the door frightened her so much that she dropped her phone.
門上突如其來的敲門聲把她嚇到，手機都嚇掉了。
一個畫面：巨響嚇得彈跳後退
巨響襲來沒有預警的聲音瞬間逼近
身體彈跳肌肉緊繃，反射性往後彈
拔腿逃開受驚嚇的對象轉身跑走
義項
雷雨嚇童B2verb嚇到；使害怕
The loud thunder and lightning during the storm frightened the young child.
暴風雨中響亮的雷聲與閃電嚇到了那個小孩。
frighten a childfrighten an animal
驚鳥四散B1verb嚇跑；驅趕
The sudden loud crash frightened the birds away from the trees.
突如其來的巨響把鳥群從樹上嚇跑了。
frighten awayfrighten off
片語
frighten away驚嚇逃離 →嚇得逃跑、趕走
frighten off嚇阻退散 →用威嚇讓對方離開
frighten the life out of someone嚇得魂飛 →把人嚇得魂飛魄散
你會不會這樣說？
She was very ___ by the loud noise. (frighten / frightened)
看答案
frightened
frighten 是動詞，frightened 是形容詞，形容感受要用後者。
'The sudden loud crash frightened the birds away from the trees.' 這裡的 frighten 最接近哪個意思？(A) 使害怕 (B) 嚇跑趕走
看答案
(B)
此句指鳥因驚嚇而離開樹上，對應「嚇跑；驅趕」義項。
字族
frightened 感到害怕的（形容詞，形容人的感受）・frightening 令人害怕的（形容詞，形容造成恐懼的事物）・fright 驚嚇；恐懼（名詞）