afeared是什么意思
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.