scare

/skeə/ v. / n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

惊吓；使害怕；吓走；惊吓；恐慌；（健康等的）警报

释义与例句

v. 惊吓；使害怕；吓走
to make someone feel frightened; to frighten a person or animal away
  1. The loud noise from the fireworks scared the little girl.
    烟花发出的巨响吓坏了那个小女孩。
  2. The guard dog scared away the burglars before they could break in.
    看门狗在窃贼闯入前把他们吓跑了。
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  1. Don't sneak up behind me like that; you scared me to death.
    别那样从后面悄悄靠近我，你把我吓死了。
n. 惊吓；恐慌；（健康等的）警报
a sudden feeling of fear; a situation that causes public worry or fear
  1. I had a scare when the car in front suddenly braked.
    前面的车突然刹车，让我吓了一跳。
  2. The country went through a health scare last year.
    该国去年经历了一次健康恐慌。
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  1. The bomb scare caused the airport to be evacuated.
    炸弹警报导致机场被疏散。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 scare 作动词是“惊吓”，作名词是“惊吓、恐慌”；scare sb to death 是“把某人吓死”。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • scared 害怕的；恐惧的
    scare 的过去分词作形容词，意为“害怕的”。
  • scary 可怕的；吓人的
    形容词，意为引起恐惧的、吓人的。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • scarce 缺乏的；稀有的
    scare 作动词或名词表示“惊吓、使害怕”；scarce 是形容词，意为“缺乏的、稀有的”。两者拼写相似但词性和含义都不同。
    Clean water is becoming scarce in many parts of the world. 在世界许多地方，清洁水正变得稀缺。
常见搭配
  • scare sb to death 把某人吓得要死
    You scared me to death when you jumped out from behind the door. 你从门后跳出来，把我吓得要死。
  • scare away 吓跑；吓走
    The sudden noise scared away the birds feeding on the lawn. 突然的响声把在草坪上觅食的鸟吓跑了。
  • a health scare 健康恐慌
    After his health scare, he decided to quit smoking and exercise more. 经历了健康恐慌之后，他决定戒烟并多锻炼。