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scare

释义

scare

noun countable

UK /skeə(r)/

Word Forms

singular	scare
plural	scares

1
a situation that makes people suddenly feel worried or frightened about something
health/food/AIDS/bomb etc scare:
A bomb scare forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.
Synonyms and related words
People and things that cause worry or problems
a bone of contention
a hostage to fortune
a nail in the coffin
1. 1a
  a sudden feeling of fear or worry
  I had a little scare when I saw how much the bill was.
  It gave me quite a scare when the cat jumped on me.
  Synonyms and related words
  Fear and fright
  fear
  fright
  alarm
  Synonyms and related words
  Feelings of worry and nervousness
  worry
  concern
  stress

scare

noun countable

US /sker/

Word Forms

singular	scare
plural	scares

1
a situation that makes people suddenly feel worried or frightened about something
health/food/AIDS/bomb etc. scare:
A bomb scare forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.
Synonyms and related words
People and things that cause worry or problems
a bone of contention
a hostage to fortune
a nail in the coffin
1. 1a
  a sudden feeling of fear or worry
  I had a little scare when I saw how much the bill was.
  It gave me quite a scare when the cat jumped on me.
  Synonyms and related words
  Fear and fright
  fear
  fright
  alarm
  Synonyms and related words
  Feelings of worry and nervousness
  worry
  concern
  stress

scare

verb

UK /skeə(r)/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	scare
he/she/it	scares
present participle	scaring
past tense	scared
past participle	scared

1
transitive to make someone feel frightened or worried
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.
scare the life/daylights out of someone (=scare someone very much):
What are you doing in there? You scared the life out of me.
scare someone to death (=scare someone very much):
The way he drives scares me to death.
Synonyms and related words
To make someone afraid or frightened
frighten
alarm
scare
Synonyms and related words
To make someone worried or nervous
worry
concern
tear apart
1. 1a
  intransitive to become frightened or worried
  Cats scare very easily.
  Synonyms and related words
  To be, or to become afraid or frightened
  scare
  be/live in dread of
  panic
  Synonyms and related words
  To worry or feel nervous about something
  worry
  panic
  dread

phrasal verbs

scare away

scare into

scare up

scare

verb

US /sker/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	scare
he/she/it	scares
present participle	scaring
past tense	scared
past participle	scared

1
transitive to make someone feel frightened or worried
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.
scare the life/daylights out of someone (=scare someone very much):
What are you doing in there? You scared the life out of me.
scare someone to death (=scare someone very much):
The way he drives scares me to death.
Synonyms and related words
To make someone afraid or frightened
frighten
alarm
scare
Synonyms and related words
To make someone worried or nervous
worry
concern
tear apart
1. 1a
  intransitive to become frightened or worried
  Cats scare very easily.
  Synonyms and related words
  To be, or to become afraid or frightened
  scare
  be/live in dread of
  panic
  Synonyms and related words
  To worry or feel nervous about something
  worry
  panic
  dread

phrasal verbs

scare away

scare into

scare up

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