scare
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they scare | |
| he / she / it scares | |
| past simple scared | |
| past participle scared | |
| -ing form scaring |
- [transitive]
to frighten somebody 惊吓；使害怕；使恐惧 - scare somebody
You scared me. 你吓了我一跳。 - it scares somebody to do something
It scared me to think I was alone in the building. 想到楼里只有我一个人，怪害怕的。
Synonyms frightenfrighten- scare
- alarm
- terrify
- frighten to make somebody feel afraid, often suddenly:
He brought out a gun and frightened them off. 他掏出一把枪，把他们吓跑了。
- scare to make somebody feel afraid:
They managed to scare the bears away. 他们设法把那些熊吓跑了。
- alarm to make somebody anxious or afraid:
It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously. 谁都不认真对待这个问题，我非常担心。
- terrify to make somebody feel extremely afraid:
Flying terrified her. 她害怕坐飞机。
frighten or scare? 用 frighten 还是 scare？ - to frighten/scare somebody/something away/off
- to frighten/scare/terrify somebody into doing something
- It frightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me that…
- It frightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me to think, see, etc.
Extra ExamplesThe very thought of flying scares me stiff. 一想到要坐飞机我就吓得发呆。 You don't scare me with your threats! 你那些威胁吓唬不了我！
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- easily
- away
- …
- try to
- want to
- start to
- …
- into
- with
- scare somebody silly
- scare somebody stiff
- scare somebody to death
- …
- scare somebody
- [intransitive]
to become frightened 受惊吓；害怕；恐惧 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- easily
- away
- …
- try to
- want to
- start to
- …
- into
- with
- scare somebody silly
- scare somebody stiff
- scare somebody to death
- …
see also scary
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.
Idioms
frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of somebody
- (informal)
to frighten somebody very much 吓得某人屁滚尿流
frighten/scare the life out of somebody
- (informal)
to frighten somebody very much 吓得某人屁滚尿流 You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that. 你这样突然闯进来吓得我魂不附体。
frighten/scare somebody to death
- (informal)
to frighten somebody very much 吓得某人屁滚尿流 Spiders frighten him to death. 蜘蛛吓死他了。
scare the shit out of somebody | scare somebody shitless
- (taboo, slang)
to frighten somebody very much 吓得某人屁滚尿流