1 VERB 惊吓;使惊恐;使担忧 If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. 惊吓;使惊恐;使担忧
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You're scaring me. [VERB noun]
你吓着我了。
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What scares me most is that I'm going to end up not being married. [VERB noun]
最让我担心的是我会一辈子嫁不出去。
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The prospect of failure scares me rigid. [VERB noun adj.ive]
一想到失败我就吓得身体发僵。
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It scared him to realise how close he had come to losing everything. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
一想到他差点儿就失去了一切,他心里直打哆嗦。
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.
(表示非常害怕)吓死了,吓得魂都没了 2 N-SING 惊吓;惊恐 If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. 惊吓;惊恐
SYN fright, shock, start, turn [informal]
3 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN] 恐惧;恐慌 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. 恐惧;恐慌
SYN panic, hysteria
4 N-COUNT [usually n NOUN] (炸弹或安全)恐慌 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
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Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt.
尽管最近发生多起炸弹恐慌,目前还没有人员受伤。
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...a security scare over a suspect package.
可疑包裹引起的安全恐慌
SYN alert, warning, alarm
Phrasal verbs: - scare awayscare offscare up
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