hor‧ror W3 / hɒrə $ hɔrər, hɑ- / 名词

1 [不可数名词] a strong feeling of shock and fear

in horror

Staff watched in horror as he set himself alight.

with horror

Many people recoil with horror when they see a big spider like this.

to sb’s horror (= making someone shocked or afraid )

To my horror, I realised my shirt was wet with blood.

You should have seen the look of horror on his face.

2 [可数名词，通常复数] something that is very terrible, shocking, or frightening

horror of

the horrors of war

3 the horror of something when a situation or event is very unpleasant or shocking :

Dense smoke surrounded them, adding to the horror of the situation.

Only when the vehicle was lifted did the full horror of the accident become clear.

4 have a horror of something to be afraid of something or dislike it very much :

He has a horror of snakes.

5 little horror British English a young child who behaves badly

6 give somebody the horrors to make someone feel unreasonably frightened or nervous

7 horror of horrors British English used to say how bad something is – often used humorously when you think something is not really very bad