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frisson

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fris·son /ˈfriːsɒn $ friːˈsoʊn/ noun [countable usually singular]  EXCITEDa sudden feeling of excitement or fear 〔突然的〕兴奋感,恐惧,震颤 SYN shiverfrisson of A frisson of alarm went through her. 一阵恐慌传遍她全身。
Examples from the Corpus
frissonUp the garden path and a frisson of unease: there is no house, but a vista of a majestic lake.A frisson went around the crowd: this was more like it.She remembered in the dentist's waiting-room her frisson of fear.Naturally, he wanted to impress his colleagues, set up a little frisson, as he'd have put it.We are too impertinent with the past, counting on it in this way for a reliable frisson.Virginia brushed the frisson of pique aside.frisson ofA frisson of alarm went down my back.
Origin frisson (1700-1800) French Latin frictio; → FRICTION
fris·son nounChineseSyllable
or excitement sudden a Corpus fear feeling of


frisson
frisson /ˈfriːsɒn $ friːˈsoʊn/ noun [countable usually singular]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: French
 Origin: Latin frictio; friction
a sudden feeling of excitement or fear
   SYN  shiver
    frisson of
    A frisson of alarm went through her.


fris·sonBrE /ˈfriːsɒ̃/ 🔊NAmE /friːˈsɔːn/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] (from French) a sudden strong feeling, especially of excitement or fear 强烈兴奋感;恐惧感;震颤