panic
panic 英 [ˈpænɪk] 美 [ˈpænɪk]
n. 恐慌， adj. 恐慌的； vt. 使恐慌
进行时:panicking 过去式:panicked 过去分词:panicked 第三人称单数:panics 名词复数:panics
- To panic is to become filled with fear and anxiety. Someone in a panic is totally freaking out.
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- n. 恐慌，
- adj. 恐慌的；
- vt. 使恐慌
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1. a moment of panic
一时惊慌
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2. They were in a state of panic.
他们惊恐万状。
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3. Office workers fled in panic as the fire took hold.
起火时，办公室人员惊慌逃出。
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4. There's no panic ,we've got plenty of time.
不用着急，我们有的是时间。
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5. The gunfire panicked the horses.
枪声惊吓到马匹。
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6. News of the losses caused a panic among investors.
亏损的消息令投资者人心惶惶。
- panic (n.1) "mass terror," 1708, from earlier adjective (c. 1600, modifying fear, terror, etc.), from French panique (15c.), from Greek panikon, literally "pertaining to Pan," the god of woods and fields, who was the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.
- panic (n.2) type of grass, early 15c., from Old French panic "Italian millet," from Latin panicum "panic grass, kind of millet," from panus "ear of millet, a swelling," from PIE root *pa- "to feed."
- panic (v.) 1827, "to afflict with panic," from panic (n.). Intransitive sense of "to lose one's head, get into a panic" is from 1902. Related: Panicked; panicking.
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