プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
こわい【怖い】
〔恐ろしい〕fearful; frightening; horrible; dreadful (▼fearfulは懸念を含む怖さ．dreadfulはfearfulより強い怖さ．frighteningは驚きを伴う．horribleは嫌悪の念をおこさせる強い怖さ)
- 怖い話
a dreadful [terrible] story／〔気味の悪い〕「a weird [an eerie] story - 怖い映画
a horror [scary] film - 怖い顔をする
look fierce - 怖い目にあう
have a dreadful experience - 怖いもの知らずのわんぱく小僧
a fearless imp - 彼は政界で怖いもの無しだ
He fears no one in the political world. - 私は蛇［死ぬの］が怖い
I am afraid of snakes [dying]. - 犬に吠えられて怖かった
I was frightened [scared] when a dog barked at me. - 見知らぬ土地に一人残されて怖くなった
I was seized with fear [I got scared] when I found myself left alone in a strange place. - 後が怖いぞ
You'll be sorry. - 怖いもの見たさ
- 怖いもの見たさに檻おりに近付いた
Curiosity got the better of fear and I went up to the cage.