cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten 吓;使害怕 the rapid questions were designed to scare her into blurting out the truth. 设计了连珠炮似的问题是要吓她说出实话。 ■[with obj. and adverbial]drive or keep (someone) away by frightening them 吓走;吓跑 the ugly scenes scared the holiday crowds away. 可怕的场面吓跑了度假人群。 ■[no obj.]become scared 受惊吓 I don't think I scare easily. 我想我没那么容易被吓倒。
noun
a sudden attack of fright 害怕;惊吓 gosh, that gave me a scare!. 哎呀,可把我吓一跳!。 ■[usu. with modifier]a general feeling of anxiety or alarm about something 恐慌,惊慌 bombs and bomb scares disrupted shopping. 炸弹和炸弹恐慌使人无心购物。
派生 scarer noun 语源
Middle English: from Old Norse skirra 'frighten', from skjarr 'timid'
继承用法 scare something up
(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)manage to find or obtain something (非正式,主北美)设法找到(或得到)某物 for a price, the box office can usually scare up a pair of tickets. 只要花点钱,售票处常能弄到几张票。