scare
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. 惊吓
You're scaring me. 你吓着我了。
The prospect of failure scares me rigid. 失败的可能吓得我都僵了。
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. 吓死了[非正式]
3. N-SING If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. 惊吓
Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?
你难道没意识到你给了我们大家一个什么样的惊吓吗？
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; 恐惧
The news set off a continent-wide health scare. 这一消息引起了整个大陆的健康恐慌。
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. (炸弹或安全) 恐慌
Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt. 尽管最近发生多次炸弹恐慌，但至今为止还没有人员受伤。
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）惊恐，（使）害怕；受惊吓，感到害怕
Sudden noises scare her. 突然的响声把她吓了一跳。
She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily . 她很勇敢——她不会那么容易害怕的。
He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened ) by driving so fast . 他开得那么快，把我吓得半死。
Meeting new people scares me stiff /to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried ). 与陌生人见面我会感到很紧张，手足无措。
She scared the hell /life /living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree . 当她从树上掉下来时，我都吓死了。
习语
scare sb shitless短语动词
scare sb/sth away/offscare sb away/off
scare sb into doing sth
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