The passengers were scared to death as the taxi whizzed along.
出租车风驰电掣般地驶着，乘客吓得要命。
日常应用会话口语
Surprise(惊奇)（一）
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 出租车;滑行;
vi. 乘出租车;（指飞机）在地面或水面滑行;
vt. 用出租车运送;使滑行;
💡 taxi- 【拉丁传入法语】表”里程表和计价器”
"The hotel porter will get you a taxi."
旅馆的门卫会给你叫出租车的。
近义：taxicab, cab, hack
scared
[skɛəd]
adj. 恐惧的;惊恐的;担心的;
v. 使害怕（scare的过去分词）;
"It scared me to think I was alone in the building."
想到楼里只有我一个人，怪害怕的。
近义：appalled, apprehensive, petrified, awed, awestricken, awestruck