新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

scare

英  [skeə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • scares

    1[SING 单数型名词] 惊吓

    If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?

    你难道没意识到你给大家带来一个什么样的惊吓吗?

    2[C 可数名词] 恐慌 , 恐惧

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    3[C 可数名词] (炸弹或安全)恐慌

    A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place.

    近义词

    alert

    双语例句

    例:

    Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt.

    尽管最近发生多次炸弹恐慌事件,但至今为止还没有人员受伤。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • scare off , scare away

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 吓跑

    If you scare off or scare away a person or animal, you frighten them so that they go away.

    双语例句

    例:

    an alarm to scare off an attacker.

    把一个袭击者吓跑的警报。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 吓跑

    If you scare someone off, you accidentally make them unwilling to become involved with you.

    近义词

    put off

    双语例句

    例:

    I don't think that revealing your past to your boyfriend scared him off.

    我并不认为你男朋友是因为你把自己的过去告诉了他才吓跑的。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • scare the hell out of , scare the life out of

    1吓死了

    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.

    VERB. 动词
  • scares , scaring , scared

    1[T 及物动词] 惊吓

    If something scares you, it frightens or worries you.

    近义词

    frighten

    双语例句

    例:

    You're scaring me.

    你吓着我了。

    例:

    The prospect of failure scares me rigid.

    一想到可能会失败我就吓得身体发僵。

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