| 单词 | scare |
| 释义 | scare (once / 271 pages) vn Scare is a verb that means frighten or intimidate. You might be embarrassed to admit that you don't want to go to the beach with your friends because of how much seagulls scare you. Questions on a test you're unprepared for might scare you, and so might a barking dog. To scare is to spook, startle, or cause fear, and what scares your best friend most (like losing his job) might not be what would scare you more than anything (like discovering a huge snake in your shower). You can also use scare as a noun, as in "It gave me such a scare when all my friends jumped out and yelled, 'Surprise!'" WORD FAMILYscare: scared, scarer, scares, scarey, scaring+/scared: scareder, scaredest, scaredly/scarer: scarers USAGE EXAMPLESAs Anderson was recounting the scary scene, linebacker Corey Nelson leaned in and told him, “I was scared for you. I was so scared, bro.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Kubiak missed a week of work in October after suffering a complex migraine, his second health scare in three years. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) "There was then a robust discussion. I felt scared. The situation was extremely unpleasant." BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1v cause fear in Syn|Hypo|Hyper affright, fright, frighten bluff frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is aweinspire awe in terrify, terrorise, terrorizefill with terror; frighten greatly intimidatemake timid or fearful alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrifyfill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised consternatefill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion spookfrighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action cow, overawesubdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) hold overintimidate somebody (with a threat) ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-armbe bossy towards paniccause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic shockstrike with horror or terror excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 2v cause to lose courage Syn|Hyper dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off intimidate, restrain to compel or deter by or as if by threats 3n sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events a war scare a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building Syn|Hypo|Hyper panic red scare a period of general fear of communists anxiety, anxiousness (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic 4n a sudden attack of fear Syn|Hyper panic attack fear, fearfulness, fright an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
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