scare
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. 驚嚇
You're scaring me. 你嚇著我了。
The prospect of failure scares me rigid. 失敗的可能嚇得我都僵了。
2. PHRASE If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you. 嚇死了[非正式]
3. N-SING If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. 驚嚇
Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?
你難道沒意識到你給了我們大家一個什麽樣的驚嚇嗎？
4. N-COUNT A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all. 恐慌; 恐懼
The news set off a continent-wide health scare. 這一消息引起了整個大陸的健康恐慌。
5. N-COUNT A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place. (炸彈或安全) 恐慌
Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt. 盡琯最近發生多次炸彈恐慌，但至今爲止還沒有人員受傷。
6. →see also scared
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scare /skɛə/ (scaring,scared,scares)
剑桥词典
- to (make a person or animal ) feel frightened
（使）驚恐，（使）害怕；受驚嚇，感到害怕
Sudden noises scare her. 突然的響聲把她嚇了一跳。
She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily . 她很勇敢——她不會那麽容易害怕的。
He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened ) by driving so fast . 他開得那麽快，把我嚇得半死。
Meeting new people scares me stiff /to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried ). 與陌生人見麪我會感到很緊張，手足無措。
She scared the hell /life /living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree . 儅她從樹上掉下來時，我都嚇死了。
習語
scare sb shitless短語動詞
scare sb/sth away/offscare sb away/off
scare sb into doing sth
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