scare /skɛə/ star2 CET4 TEM4 (scaring,scared,scares)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. 惊吓

  例：

  You're scaring me.

  你吓着我了。

• 2.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you. 吓死了 [非正式]
• 3.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. 惊吓

  例：

  Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?

  你难道没意识到你给了我们大家一个什么样的惊吓吗？

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all. 恐慌; 恐惧

  例：

  The news set off a continent-wide health scare.

  这一消息引起了整个大陆的健康恐慌。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place. (炸弹或安全) 恐慌

  例：

  Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt.

  尽管最近发生多次炸弹恐慌，但至今为止还没有人员受伤。

• 6.  

  （） → see also scared