SYNONYMS同义词辨析 fear

alarm ♦ apprehension ♦ fright ♦ foreboding

These are all words for the bad feeling you have when you are afraid.以上各词均表示害怕时始恐慌情绪。 fear the bad feeling that you have when you are in danger, when sth bad might happen, or when a particular thing frightens you 指#怕、惧怕、担忧： o///y/ng 害怕坐飞机◊ S/?e showed no/ear.她 毫无惧色。

alarm fear or worry that sb feels when sth dangerous or unpleasant miglit happen 指惊恐、惊慌、恐慌：

The doctor said there was no cause for alarm.医生说

不必惊慌。

apprehension worry or fear that sth unpleasant may happen指忧虑、担心、疑惧、恐惧•• She/e/fsowe oppreAiem/on of see/ng h/w 她有些揸心再次见

到他_。

fright a feeling of fear, usually sudden 通常指突:如其

来的惊吓、恐怖：She c/7«/owf/>?/r/g/7f. M吓得关泽 叫喊。

FEAR OR FRIGHT?用 fear 还是 fright ?

Fear is a more general feeling than fright. You can use fear, but not fright, for things that always frighten you and for things that may happen in the future. * fear,的 含义较fright广泛。对总是使人害怕的事物和对未来可 能发生的事情感到担忧均可用fear,但不能用fright:

/ have a fright of spi4ers： o his fright of what might happen Fright is a reaction to sth that has just happened or is happening now. * fright 指对刚刚发生 或正在发生的事情的反应〇

foreboding a strong feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen指对不祥或危险事情的 强烈预感：The letter filled him with foreboding•这封 信使他充满了不祥的预感。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

■ a feeling of fear/alarm/apprehension/foreboding

■ a growing sense of fear/alarm/foreboding

■ fear/apprehension of/about what might happen

■ She was shaking/trembiing with fear/fright. i His eyes widened in fear/alarm/fright.

.Feast of Tabernacles noun [u] = Succoth .Feast of 'Weeks noun [U] = Shavuoth feat /fl:t/ noun {approving) an action or a piece of work that needs skili，strengtli or courage 技含；武艺；功 绩；英勇事迹：The tunneZ is a brffiant /eat 〇/ engin- eering.这条隧道是工程方面的光辉业绩。◊ to perform/ attempt/ac/iieve astonishing /eats 表演惊人的技艺；争 取 / 取得惊人的功绩◊ That wow no mean/eat (= it was difficult to do). $是伟大的成就。〇 note at action fea-tHer /'fe60(r)/ noun, verb

m noun one of the many soft light parts covering a bird^ body羽毛；翔毛：a peacodc feather孔雀羽毛◊ a feather pillow (= one containing feathers)羽绒枕，头 —picture c> page R28 a 'feather in your cap an action that you can be proud of 可引以自豪的行为 itiiunlji This idiom comes from the Native American custom of giving a feather to sb who had been very brave in battle.此勻语源自美国土著的风俗，把一根羽毛 奖赏给在战斗中表现英勇的人。一more at bird, knock

V., RUFFLE V., SMOOTH V.

■ verb H3B3 feather your (own)"nest to make yourself richer, especially by spending money on yourself that should be. spent on sth else 中饱私囊一more at tar v/. .feather-¹ bed verb (-dd-) [VN] (6r£) to make things easy for sb, especially by giving them money or good conditions of work (尤指提供金钱或良好^件）使安 逸，使轻松，娇养，溺爱

.feather 'boa (also boa) noun a long thin piece of clothing like a scarf, made of feathers and worn over

the shoulders by women，especially in the past ('旧.时

女用）羽毛围p

'feather-brained adj. {informal, disapproving) very silly

浑头浑脑的

.feather 'duster noun a stick with feathers on the end of it that is used for cleaning 羽毛掸子 fea.thered /'feOad; NAmE -dard/ adj. covered with feathers or having feathers覆盖着羽毛知；有羽毛的 feather-weight /'feQaweit; NAmE 'feOarw-/ noun a boxer weighing between 53.5 and 57 kilograms, heavier than.a bantamweight次轻量级拳击手_(体重 53.5至57公斤.）

fea-thery /'fe6ari/ adj. light and soft; like feathers

的；羽毛似的

feature (Hr /•flitJ'aW/ now/?, verb m noun [C] 1 something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing 特色；特征；特点:An interesting /eature 0/the city is the oW market.这座城市的一个有趣 特征就 i 古老的市场。◊ Teamwork is a fcey/eature 〇/ the training programme•团队合作是这项训练计划的重^ 特点。◊ Whfcft/eatures do you Zoofc /or when choosing a car?你挑选轿车时要着重哪些特点？ ◊ The sq/bvare has no particular distinguis/iing /eatures.这个缺件没有明 显知特点。◊ /eatures 地势一see also

water feature 2 [usually pi.} a part of sb's face such as their nose, mouth and eyes 面容的一部分（如鼻、口、

眼）：his strong handsome/eatures他轮廓分明的英俊 面孑L ◊ Her eyes are her most striking /eature.她容 貌中最引人注目的是她的双眼。3 ~ (on sb/sth) (in newspapers, on television, etc.) a special article or programme about sb/sth (报章、电毺等的）特写，专 题节目：a special/eature on education关于:教育的专题 文章 4 (oW-/flsh/onef/) the main film/movie in a cinema programme (电影的）正片，故事片 ■ verb 1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth) to include a particular person or thing as a special feature 以…为特色；由…主 演；以…为主要组成：The film features Cary Grant as a pro/essor•这部电影由卡単•格兰特饰演一位教授。◊ 77ie latest model features alloy wheels and an electronic darm•最新聲式的特色是合金车轮和电子稂警器。◊ Many of the hotels featured in the brochure offer special deals /or weekend breaks.小册子列举的多家旅馆都有周末假日 特别优待a 2 [V]，（in sth) to have an important par^ in sth会i：要作用；占重奐地位：OZive oiZ and garZic /eature prommenriy fn his recipes.橄榄油和大華在他的食 谱中显得,重要。

'feature film noun a main film/mo\de with a story, rather than a documentary, etc■故事 'feature-length adj. [usually before noun] ,of the same length as a typical film/movie (影片_t)送到主片应有长

度的

fea-ture-less /'fiitjalas; -tjaii-/: without any

qualities or noticeable characteristics 没看特色的 :充奇的：The countryst'de is cmd /eaturdess•■这乡村

一马平川，平淡无奇。

fe-brile /'flibrail; NAmE also 'feb-/ adj. 1 {formal) nervous，, excited and very active 狂热的：a product of her/ebri〖e iniaginarion 她狂想-的产物 2 (wed/cfl/ 医）（of an illness疾病)caused by fever发热引起的；热性的；

发热时

Feb-fU-ary /'februari; NAmE -ueri/ noun [U, C] (abbr. feb.)

the 2nd month of the year, between January and March 二月 To see how February is used, look

at the examples at April. * February 的用法见词条 April

下的示例。

fecal, feces {NAmE) = faecal, faeces feck-less /'feklas/ adj. having a weak character; not behaving in a responsible way 品格差的；.示负责彳i的： Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man. 她的丈夫讨人喜欢，但却是个懒惰没有出息的人。>feck_ less-ness noun [U]

fecund /'fiikand; 'fek-/ adj. (formal) 1 able to produce a lot of children，crops，etc, ‘殖力E盛的；多卢的. fertile 2 producing new and useful things, especially