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panic-stricken

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈpanic-ˌstricken adjective  FRIGHTENEDso frightened that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly 惊慌失措的,恐慌万分的 Lucy suddenly looked panic-stricken. 露西突然显得惊恐万状。
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panic-strickenMr Cottle dashed in, looking panic-stricken.In a panic-stricken attempt to free herself from Annie's grip, she snatched the scissors off the table.A horse may steal your jumper and then become panic-stricken because it is chasing him!Still no sound escaped, only a rush of panic-stricken breath.Now that she had offered to stay she was almost panic-stricken by her own actions.Isabel screamed again, twisting her head from side to side, catapulted brutally into panic-stricken hysteria.Still no gas, still no bombs, we were so panic-stricken in those early days.He reminded Dexter of a panic-stricken mole who had suddenly found himself trapped outside his burrow.Panic-stricken passengers trampled one another rushing for the exits.The panic-stricken people in the town thought only that they would be killed or enslaved and their city ruined.I did the only sensible thing any panic-stricken woman would have done under similar circumstances: I packed.
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panic-stricken
ˈpanic-ˌstricken adjective
so frightened that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly:
    Lucy suddenly looked panic-stricken.


panic-strickenBrE /ˈpænɪk strɪkən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpænɪk strɪkən/ 🔊 adjectiveextremely anxious about sth, in a way that prevents you from thinking clearly 惊慌失措的 SYN hysterical