| 单词 | scare |
| 释义 | scare —scare /skeər/ aep /sker/ noun F0 [S] a sudden feeling of fear or worry: » I got/had a scare (= I was very worried) when I looked at my bank statement this morning!» You gave us a real scare (= frightened us) when you fainted, you know.Thesaurus+: ↑Fear and phobias , ↑Anxiety and worry - general wordsF0 [C] an occasion when a subject receives a lot of public attention and worries many people, often when there is no real danger: » a bomb/health scare» The government are accused of employing scare tactics (= ways of frightening people in order to persuade them to do something).» The press have been publishing scare stories (= newspaper reports which make people feel unnecessarily worried) about the mystery virus.Thesaurus+: ↑Fear and phobias , ↑Anxiety and worry - general wordsverb [I or T] ↑Verb Endings for scare ► C1 to (make a person or animal) feel frightened: » Sudden noises scare her.» She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily.» He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened) when he was driving so fast.» Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried).» She scared the hell/life/living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree.Thesaurus+: ↑Frightening and scaringWord Builder:–Adjectives: scared, scary–Verbs: scare |
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