Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.是什么意思？

Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.

很多儿童都怕狗。

many

adj. 许多，多的；pron. （与复数动词连用）大多数人；

例句
There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.
仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。

children

n. 孩子们(child的复数)，儿童，膝下，孥；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

acquire

vt. 获得，取得，学到；

例句
She was keen to acquire more advanced culinary skills...
她热切渴望学到更高超的烹饪技巧。

phobic

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例句
Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.
很多儿童都怕狗。

horror

n. 恐怖，可怕的事物，嫌恶，痛恨，讨厌的人或事，〈口〉非常丑恶；

例句
Vasari claimed with horror that he was, if not an atheist, then an agnostic.
瓦萨里惊恐地说他若非无神论者，就是不可知论者。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

dogs

n. 公狗( dog的名词复数 )，（尤用于形容词后）家伙，[机械学]夹头，不受欢迎的人；

例句
He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
邻居过来帮忙前，他费了半天劲儿也没把两只狗分开。