每天三分钟学英语 第47期:英文"吓唬"怎么说?

 周末就要到愚人节了，面对小伙伴们的各种恶作剧，迫在眉睫、重中之重、亟待掌握的就是“吓唬”的英文地道表达~

《Sherlock》第四季第一集，剧中这样一幕：

Lady Smallwood: You also say you know what he's going to do next. What does that mean?

Sir Edwin: Perhaps that's all there is to it. Perhaps he was just trying to frighten you.

frighten 恐吓，吓唬。在美式英语中用的比较少，在英式英语中日常常用

I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you. I didn't know you were still here. 不好意思我没想吓你。我不知道你还在这儿。

His temper frightens me. When he loses it, he looks like he's gonna hit somebody. 我被他的脾气吓到了。他发起火来就像要打人一样。

而相对应的美式英语口语中一般用：scare 吓唬

You scared the crap out of me. Don't sneak¹ up on me like that. 你把我吓死了，不要悄悄的从后面吓我。

Your cat scares me. It hisses² at me every time I'm over. 你的猫把我吓到了，每次我来它都冲我嘶嘶叫。

1 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

2 hisses   

嘶嘶声( hiss的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The speaker was received with a mixture of applause and hisses. 那演说者同时得到喝彩声和嘘声。
• A fire hisses if water is thrown on it. 把水浇到火上，火就发出嘶嘶声。