1 [T] to make a person or an animal frightened 使(人或动物)惊恐,恐惧:
The sudden noise scared us all.那突如其来的声音把我们都吓坏了。It scares me to think what might happen.一想到可能会发生的事我心里就很害怕。
2 [I] to become frightened 受惊吓;感到害怕:
I don't scare easily, but when I saw the gun I was terrified.我不容易受惊吓,但看到那把枪就吓坏了。
scare sb/sth away/off to make a person or animal leave or stay away by frightening them 把(人或动物)吓跑:
Don't make any noise or you'll scare the birds away.不要弄出声响,不然的话你会把那些鸟吓跑的。
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/skeə(r) ||; skɛr/noun[C]
1 a feeling of being frightened 惊恐;惊吓:
It wasn't a serious heart attack but it gave him a scare.虽然那次心脏病发作并不严重,却把他吓倒了。
2 a situation where many people are afraid or worried about sth 恐慌:
Last night there was a bomb scare in the city centre.昨晚在市中心出现炸弹恐慌。
scare1/skɛr; skeə/v [T]1 to make someone feel frightened [ frighten ] 使害怕﹐使恐惧: The fireworks will scare the animals. 烟火会吓着动物。scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out of sb (=scare someone very much) 把某人吓得魂不附体 The alarm scared the life out of me. 警报声把我吓得魂飞魄散。2 scare easily to easily become frightened 容易受惊吓﹐动不动就害怕: I don’t scare easily, you know. 要知道﹐我可不是那么容易给吓倒的。scare sb/sth off/away phr v 1 to make someone or something go away by frightening them 把…吓跑[吓走]: Move quietly or you’ll scare the birds away. 动作轻一点﹐要不你会把鸟吓跑的。2 to make someone worried, so that they do not do something they were going to do 吓住﹐吓倒〔某人使其不敢做某事〕: Customers are being scared off by high prices. 顾客被高昂的价格吓跑了。
scare2n 1 [singular 单数] a sudden feeling of fear 惊恐﹐恐惧: You really gave us a scare . 你真的吓了我们一跳。2 [C] a situation in which a lot of people become frightened about something〔社会上的〕大恐慌: a bomb scare 炸弹恐吓
scarescarescaresscaredscaring1verb (scares, scaring, scared)to make somebody frightened: That noise scared me!scarescarescares2noun1a feeling of being frightened: You gave me a scare!2a situation where many people are afraid or worried about something: a health scare