Definition of scare in English:

scare

verb skɛːskɛr

[with object]

1Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.
吓；使害怕
the rapid questions were designed to scare her into blurting out the truth
设计了连珠炮似的问题是要吓她说出实话。
Example sentencesExamples
- Shock and awe rested, it was argued, ultimately on the ability to ‘frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm’.
- They are scared stiff of what other people think, who in turn are scared stiff of what they think.
- I had never been scared by wind before and I was shocked to have found this fear.
- I suspect from the amount of screaming she did (the nurses closed the door for fear she would scare the other patients) that it hurt.
- The word alone creates fear, and by now almost anything manages to scare a lot of Americans.
- Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors.
- She was wasting her time, trying to scare an already badly frightened man.
- Some are scared stiff of losing their work, others are pressured by family members not to complain.
- With every corner she turned she had to fly past another guard, and with every door she opened another alarm would sound and scare her out of her wits.
- If the cow gets too close to the fence co-ordinates, the collar will make a noise, or give the cow an electric shock to scare it away.
- The man says he is convinced that they were large, non-native cats and said he was shocked and scared by the confrontation.
- We humans love to scare ourselves, but rarely do our worst fears come to be - partly because we worry so much.
- The biggest fear was one that could easily happen and was what scared them most!
- A masculine voice inquired from somewhere to her left, effectively scaring the living daylights out of Sydney and drawing a startled yelp from her lips.
- I realized I must look rather intimidating so I relaxed and laughed so as not to scare everyone further.
- But the upper class is scared stiff of his rise, and plots to foil his attempts through fraud.
- This news really scared the other animals and panic was starting to grip them.
- I know guys are supposed to be driven by their hormones at this age, but Eros was really, really scaring me with how driven he actually was.
- He took a couple steps forward and thrust out with his sword, hoping to intimidate them or scare them away.
- A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish.
Synonyms
frighten, make afraid, make fearful, make nervous, panic, throw into a panic
terrify, petrify, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare stiff, scare witless, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare the hell out of, strike terror into, fill with fear, put the fear of God into, make someone jump (out of their skin), make someone's hair stand on end, give someone goose pimples, make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, send into a cold sweat, make someone shake in their shoes
startle, alarm, give someone a fright, give someone a turn
shock, appal, horrify
intimidate, daunt, unnerve
informal give someone the heebie-jeebies, scare the pants off, scarify, make someone's hair curl
British informal throw into a blue funk, put the wind up
Irish informal scare the bejesus out of
North American informal spook
vulgar slang scare shitless, scare the shit out of
archaic fright, affright
1. 1.1with object and adverbial Drive or keep (someone) away by frightening them.
  吓走；吓跑
  the ugly scenes scared the holiday crowds away
  可怕的场面吓跑了度假人群。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Kira is credited with scaring off the intruder and saving her mother's life by phoning the police and ambulance and attending to Diane's wounds.
  The new bill is scaring off other new investment, too.
  American moviemakers and studio executives have always been slower to respond to social unrest, perhaps out of fear that controversy will scare away audiences.
  It's hard not to feel smug pleasure on hearing that Cornish authorities went so overboard on black propaganda about eclipse chaos that some now regret scaring off any possible lucrative visitors.
  Sarah didn't move, didn't dare to breath in fear of scaring the cat away.
  The reason for the low turnout could be that the authorities' tough approach scared people away.
  Mel isn't easily scared off by that and accepts the invitation to fight the man.
  I'd wanted it to scare him off, send him fleeing back to wherever he'd come from.
  If she's so annoying she scares people off, then you might be her only friend.
  Europe's venture capitalists fear new reporting rules will scare away investors away
  We're trying to be cautious about not discriminating, not scaring away patients that need care, and yet getting care and getting funding to the hospitals.
  Talking the dollar down is easy enough, but the strategy depends on a smooth descent that boosts US growth without scaring off the overseas investors who fund the twin deficits.
  When someone opens the door it hits the door jam and sets off an alarm that will scare them away and wake you up.
  Grey-headed sparrows are relatively nervous birds and if you scare them away a few times they will go off and look elsewhere for a nest site.
  I think their behaviour has been scaring people away from the lagoon.
  The Tories were so keen to push ahead with the float that they failed to order a full inventory of the company's assets, fearing this would scare off investors.
  I think she decided what she wanted, and she wasn't going to get scared off too easily.
  However, by the time his application was dealt with, more than six weeks later, the eggs had become chicks and, short of seeing them starve to death by scaring away their mother, he was powerless to act.
  Party sources believe the campaign is aimed at scaring people away from transferring votes to the party and harming their chances of success just weeks before the election.
  Surly it must have been scared off by something, but what can frighten an animal that size?
  Synonyms
  drive away, drive off, drive out, put to flight, send away, scare off, scatter
2. 1.2no object Become scared.
  受惊吓
  I don't think I scare easily
  我想我没那么容易被吓倒。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The horse Johnny uses to deliver the Boston Observer, Goblin is fast and of great physical prowess, but is difficult to ride because it scares easily.
  Ayako wasn't one to scare easily, and she knew full well they'd catch onto that.
  At 74, Browning has lived through more presidential campaigns than she cares to remember and she claims not to scare easily.
  But these are committed professionals who don't scare easily.
  This dog will scare easily and will most probably beat you to the hiding place if an intruder bursts into your home!
  And here is another lesson from history: this is not a city whose people scare easily.
  Not all enemies scare so easily - we tried to unnerve a nearby guard during the brief time we spent with the game by flickering a spotlight, but to no avail.
  Mr Mooring, who served with the Eighth Army and saw action at El-Alamein, does not scare easily.
  Financial writer Kenneth Klee - who doesn't scare easily - remains in the game.
  She didn't scare easily and it was a widely known fact.

noun skɛːskɛr

1A sudden attack of fright.
害怕；惊吓
gosh, that gave me a scare!
哎呀，可把我吓一跳！
Example sentencesExamples
- When audiences buy into the trailer of a studio horror flick, they accept the unwritten disclaimer stating that nothing original will happen, yet some well-worked scares are there for the taking.
- If you have a scare, you are suddenly aware of your body.
- They had been given a scare; one that will stand them in good stead.
- I really enjoy the scare from a great horror movie, but have to say it runs a close second place to a great comedy or romantic comedy!
- Even with an admittedly disturbing ring, a cell phone could never match the scare of a clown jumping out of a closet, brandishing an ice pick.
- Ivory's head snapped up to look him straight in the eyes, her face now a pale sheet of white from the sudden scare.
- My mind was kind putting me at rest after it gave me the scare of my life.
- ‘I suppose I gave quite a scare,’ he chuckled in amusement.
- Mama gave me the scare of my life!
- Everything is so desperately contrived and unconvincing that you really don't care what happens, and any scares along the way are as frightening as a close friend shouting ‘boo’.
- The story is gripping and, although the pace is less frenetic than other genre outings, there are plenty of shocks and scares.
- The plot is very hokey, just like any good horror movie, but the scares are genuine.
- It brilliantly mixes action, atmosphere and jump-out-of-your-seat scares and its female protagonists look likely to succeed in taking the film beyond horror's usual male fan base.
- Which reminds me to mention a word of caution when managing cows around calving time, there is nothing like a good scare to make one realise the dangers of attack.
- It almost seems too emotionally manipulative for a horror show, it doesn't truly rely on scares or spookiness just loss and pain and the suggestion of mental illness.
- It has a fair share of scares and horror moments in it, ones that stick with you after the movie is over.
- Megan immediately halted and leaned on the pole tip for support, gulping in air after the sudden scare.
- She figured that he was on the phone or watching television, and decided to jump in the room and maybe give him the scare of his life.
- When the game started 45 minutes later I got the scare of my life.
- For example, when we see that Emily owns a cat, is there any doubt it will jump out at someone for a cheap scare later on?
Synonyms
fright, shock, start, turn, jump
informal the heebie-jeebies
1. 1.1usually with modifier A situation characterized by a sudden and typically widespread sense of alarm or anxiety about something.
  the event was postponed earlier this year due to the foot-and-mouth scare
  recent food scares have made the public rightly sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies
  Aimee has been given the all-clear after a breast cancer scare
  Example sentencesExamples
  He says talking publicly about his own cancer scare helped him get through it.
  Recent food scares have made the public sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies.
  Three years later, in 1957, America went through one of its biggest nuclear scares.
  Commuters travelling on London Underground services last night were facing further disruption in the wake of the terror attacks and security scares.
  In Germany, the food scare has sparked an about-face on agricultural policy.
  Despite recent scares, online banking is still on the rise.
  Many of those who gave up beef following the BSE scare have gone back to eating organic beef.
  The recent mad cow crisis is only the latest in a series of food scares that have driven consumers to demand more precise food labeling regulations.
  A tourist caused a security scare when he deliberately left his bag of dirty washing on a plane which brought him home from Ibiza.
  A year of financial crises, political scandal and swine flu scares have battered national confidence.
  She was upset at having been implicated in causing a food scare and described the report as "absolute nonsense".
  The move follows a scare on May 11, when authorities ordered workers to evacuate several federal buildings.
  The lake, which was closed due to bacteria scares in January 2002, faces a new crisis as low water levels threaten to close the recreational spot in the middle of the skiing season.
  A major pollution scare was sparked off in York after dead fish were found floating in the River Foss.
  One of the reasons why people need to be taught how to use the computer properly is that there have been some recent scares about internet security.
  The number of food scares over recent years has not only made the consumer more aware of what they eat, but also where they eat.
  Nearly every year a frost scare occurs in the grain market.
  The recent scare over Scottish salmon highlighted the need for the highest standards in production.
  She has resumed official duties after 20 days of medical leave following a cancer scare.
  Thousands of mini-buses are likely to be recalled by manufacturers Mercedes-Benz after a crash in Greater Manchester triggered a safety scare.

Phrasal Verbs

scare something up

Manage to find or obtain something.
〈非正式，主北美〉设法找到（或得到）某物
for a price, the box office can usually scare up a pair of tickets
只要多花点钱，售票处常能弄到几张票。
Example sentencesExamples
- And each was a special customer, and he was determined to serve their needs and he would see if he couldn't scare something up.
- My guess is it might take time to scare something up though, since a lot of these ladies are the bubble bath and satin and roses and hot air balloon ride types - big dreamers with dashed hopes, I guess.

Derivatives

scarer

noun

I thought I disguised my disappointment pretty well as I invited him to kneel down and take a look but he had rather gone off the boil by then and seemed more interested in throwing snowballs at the cat scarer.
Example sentencesExamples
- When you have half a dozen or so, drill a hole close to the edge in each disk, thread them with tarred-twine and tie them to a bamboo cane - they make excellent bird scarers.
- New moves will be made this weekend by divers armed with sonar scarers used on fish farms to return him to the wild.
- She has high hopes but I'm concerned that it will clash somehow with the ultrasonic cat scarer that's still going strong out in the garden on a stick.
- Sound devices are loud and disturb people in the area, however, so take your neighbors' proximity into consideration when choosing an acoustical scarer.

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse skirra 'frighten', from skjarr 'timid'.

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah

Definition of scare in US English:

scare

verbskɛrsker

[with object]

1Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.
吓；使害怕
the rapid questions were designed to scare her into blurting out the truth
设计了连珠炮似的问题是要吓她说出实话。
Example sentencesExamples
- If the cow gets too close to the fence co-ordinates, the collar will make a noise, or give the cow an electric shock to scare it away.
- With every corner she turned she had to fly past another guard, and with every door she opened another alarm would sound and scare her out of her wits.
- A masculine voice inquired from somewhere to her left, effectively scaring the living daylights out of Sydney and drawing a startled yelp from her lips.
- The man says he is convinced that they were large, non-native cats and said he was shocked and scared by the confrontation.
- Shock and awe rested, it was argued, ultimately on the ability to ‘frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm’.
- He took a couple steps forward and thrust out with his sword, hoping to intimidate them or scare them away.
- I suspect from the amount of screaming she did (the nurses closed the door for fear she would scare the other patients) that it hurt.
- Some are scared stiff of losing their work, others are pressured by family members not to complain.
- The word alone creates fear, and by now almost anything manages to scare a lot of Americans.
- But the upper class is scared stiff of his rise, and plots to foil his attempts through fraud.
- I had never been scared by wind before and I was shocked to have found this fear.
- A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish.
- She was wasting her time, trying to scare an already badly frightened man.
- I know guys are supposed to be driven by their hormones at this age, but Eros was really, really scaring me with how driven he actually was.
- They are scared stiff of what other people think, who in turn are scared stiff of what they think.
- I realized I must look rather intimidating so I relaxed and laughed so as not to scare everyone further.
- This news really scared the other animals and panic was starting to grip them.
- The biggest fear was one that could easily happen and was what scared them most!
- Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors.
- We humans love to scare ourselves, but rarely do our worst fears come to be - partly because we worry so much.
Synonyms
frighten, make afraid, make fearful, make nervous, panic, throw into a panic
1. 1.1 Drive or keep (someone) away by frightening them.
  吓走；吓跑
  the threat of bad weather scared away the crowds
  Example sentencesExamples
  Party sources believe the campaign is aimed at scaring people away from transferring votes to the party and harming their chances of success just weeks before the election.
  Surly it must have been scared off by something, but what can frighten an animal that size?
  Kira is credited with scaring off the intruder and saving her mother's life by phoning the police and ambulance and attending to Diane's wounds.
  If she's so annoying she scares people off, then you might be her only friend.
  I think their behaviour has been scaring people away from the lagoon.
  The reason for the low turnout could be that the authorities' tough approach scared people away.
  It's hard not to feel smug pleasure on hearing that Cornish authorities went so overboard on black propaganda about eclipse chaos that some now regret scaring off any possible lucrative visitors.
  The new bill is scaring off other new investment, too.
  I'd wanted it to scare him off, send him fleeing back to wherever he'd come from.
  We're trying to be cautious about not discriminating, not scaring away patients that need care, and yet getting care and getting funding to the hospitals.
  The Tories were so keen to push ahead with the float that they failed to order a full inventory of the company's assets, fearing this would scare off investors.
  Europe's venture capitalists fear new reporting rules will scare away investors away
  Talking the dollar down is easy enough, but the strategy depends on a smooth descent that boosts US growth without scaring off the overseas investors who fund the twin deficits.
  Mel isn't easily scared off by that and accepts the invitation to fight the man.
  However, by the time his application was dealt with, more than six weeks later, the eggs had become chicks and, short of seeing them starve to death by scaring away their mother, he was powerless to act.
  Grey-headed sparrows are relatively nervous birds and if you scare them away a few times they will go off and look elsewhere for a nest site.
  American moviemakers and studio executives have always been slower to respond to social unrest, perhaps out of fear that controversy will scare away audiences.
  Sarah didn't move, didn't dare to breath in fear of scaring the cat away.
  I think she decided what she wanted, and she wasn't going to get scared off too easily.
  When someone opens the door it hits the door jam and sets off an alarm that will scare them away and wake you up.
  Synonyms
  drive away, drive off, drive out, put to flight, send away, scare off, scatter
2. 1.2no object Become scared.
  受惊吓
  I don't think I scare easily
  我想我没那么容易被吓倒。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She didn't scare easily and it was a widely known fact.
  This dog will scare easily and will most probably beat you to the hiding place if an intruder bursts into your home!
  Not all enemies scare so easily - we tried to unnerve a nearby guard during the brief time we spent with the game by flickering a spotlight, but to no avail.
  Financial writer Kenneth Klee - who doesn't scare easily - remains in the game.
  Ayako wasn't one to scare easily, and she knew full well they'd catch onto that.
  But these are committed professionals who don't scare easily.
  The horse Johnny uses to deliver the Boston Observer, Goblin is fast and of great physical prowess, but is difficult to ride because it scares easily.
  And here is another lesson from history: this is not a city whose people scare easily.
  At 74, Browning has lived through more presidential campaigns than she cares to remember and she claims not to scare easily.
  Mr Mooring, who served with the Eighth Army and saw action at El-Alamein, does not scare easily.

nounskɛrsker

1A sudden attack of fright.
害怕；惊吓
gosh, that gave me a scare!
哎呀，可把我吓一跳！
Example sentencesExamples
- Everything is so desperately contrived and unconvincing that you really don't care what happens, and any scares along the way are as frightening as a close friend shouting ‘boo’.
- Even with an admittedly disturbing ring, a cell phone could never match the scare of a clown jumping out of a closet, brandishing an ice pick.
- ‘I suppose I gave quite a scare,’ he chuckled in amusement.
- They had been given a scare; one that will stand them in good stead.
- My mind was kind putting me at rest after it gave me the scare of my life.
- Which reminds me to mention a word of caution when managing cows around calving time, there is nothing like a good scare to make one realise the dangers of attack.
- Mama gave me the scare of my life!
- It almost seems too emotionally manipulative for a horror show, it doesn't truly rely on scares or spookiness just loss and pain and the suggestion of mental illness.
- I really enjoy the scare from a great horror movie, but have to say it runs a close second place to a great comedy or romantic comedy!
- It brilliantly mixes action, atmosphere and jump-out-of-your-seat scares and its female protagonists look likely to succeed in taking the film beyond horror's usual male fan base.
- The story is gripping and, although the pace is less frenetic than other genre outings, there are plenty of shocks and scares.
- She figured that he was on the phone or watching television, and decided to jump in the room and maybe give him the scare of his life.
- When audiences buy into the trailer of a studio horror flick, they accept the unwritten disclaimer stating that nothing original will happen, yet some well-worked scares are there for the taking.
- Ivory's head snapped up to look him straight in the eyes, her face now a pale sheet of white from the sudden scare.
- The plot is very hokey, just like any good horror movie, but the scares are genuine.
- When the game started 45 minutes later I got the scare of my life.
- For example, when we see that Emily owns a cat, is there any doubt it will jump out at someone for a cheap scare later on?
- It has a fair share of scares and horror moments in it, ones that stick with you after the movie is over.
- Megan immediately halted and leaned on the pole tip for support, gulping in air after the sudden scare.
- If you have a scare, you are suddenly aware of your body.
Synonyms
fright, shock, start, turn, jump
1. 1.1usually with modifier A situation characterized by sudden alarm or anxiety about something.
  recent food scares have made the public rightly sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies
  she has been given the all-clear after a breast cancer scare
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nearly every year a frost scare occurs in the grain market.
  Commuters travelling on London Underground services last night were facing further disruption in the wake of the terror attacks and security scares.
  The lake, which was closed due to bacteria scares in January 2002, faces a new crisis as low water levels threaten to close the recreational spot in the middle of the skiing season.
  Many of those who gave up beef following the BSE scare have gone back to eating organic beef.
  A tourist caused a security scare when he deliberately left his bag of dirty washing on a plane which brought him home from Ibiza.
  The move follows a scare on May 11, when authorities ordered workers to evacuate several federal buildings.
  The recent mad cow crisis is only the latest in a series of food scares that have driven consumers to demand more precise food labeling regulations.
  Recent food scares have made the public sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies.
  Thousands of mini-buses are likely to be recalled by manufacturers Mercedes-Benz after a crash in Greater Manchester triggered a safety scare.
  She has resumed official duties after 20 days of medical leave following a cancer scare.
  He says talking publicly about his own cancer scare helped him get through it.
  A major pollution scare was sparked off in York after dead fish were found floating in the River Foss.
  The recent scare over Scottish salmon highlighted the need for the highest standards in production.
  One of the reasons why people need to be taught how to use the computer properly is that there have been some recent scares about internet security.
  Despite recent scares, online banking is still on the rise.
  In Germany, the food scare has sparked an about-face on agricultural policy.
  Three years later, in 1957, America went through one of its biggest nuclear scares.
  The number of food scares over recent years has not only made the consumer more aware of what they eat, but also where they eat.
  She was upset at having been implicated in causing a food scare and described the report as "absolute nonsense".
  A year of financial crises, political scandal and swine flu scares have battered national confidence.

Phrasal Verbs

scare something up

Manage to find or obtain something.
〈非正式，主北美〉设法找到（或得到）某物
for a price, the box office can usually scare up a pair of tickets
只要多花点钱，售票处常能弄到几张票。
Example sentencesExamples
- And each was a special customer, and he was determined to serve their needs and he would see if he couldn't scare something up.
- My guess is it might take time to scare something up though, since a lot of these ladies are the bubble bath and satin and roses and hot air balloon ride types - big dreamers with dashed hopes, I guess.

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.

词汇	scare
释义	Definition of scare in English: scare verb skɛːskɛr [with object] 1Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten. 吓；使害怕 the rapid questions were designed to scare her into blurting out the truth 设计了连珠炮似的问题是要吓她说出实话。 Example sentencesExamples Shock and awe rested, it was argued, ultimately on the ability to ‘frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm’. They are scared stiff of what other people think, who in turn are scared stiff of what they think. I had never been scared by wind before and I was shocked to have found this fear. I suspect from the amount of screaming she did (the nurses closed the door for fear she would scare the other patients) that it hurt. The word alone creates fear, and by now almost anything manages to scare a lot of Americans. Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors. She was wasting her time, trying to scare an already badly frightened man. Some are scared stiff of losing their work, others are pressured by family members not to complain. With every corner she turned she had to fly past another guard, and with every door she opened another alarm would sound and scare her out of her wits. If the cow gets too close to the fence co-ordinates, the collar will make a noise, or give the cow an electric shock to scare it away. The man says he is convinced that they were large, non-native cats and said he was shocked and scared by the confrontation. We humans love to scare ourselves, but rarely do our worst fears come to be - partly because we worry so much. The biggest fear was one that could easily happen and was what scared them most! A masculine voice inquired from somewhere to her left, effectively scaring the living daylights out of Sydney and drawing a startled yelp from her lips. I realized I must look rather intimidating so I relaxed and laughed so as not to scare everyone further. But the upper class is scared stiff of his rise, and plots to foil his attempts through fraud. This news really scared the other animals and panic was starting to grip them. I know guys are supposed to be driven by their hormones at this age, but Eros was really, really scaring me with how driven he actually was. He took a couple steps forward and thrust out with his sword, hoping to intimidate them or scare them away. A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish. Synonyms frighten, make afraid, make fearful, make nervous, panic, throw into a panic terrify, petrify, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare stiff, scare witless, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare the hell out of, strike terror into, fill with fear, put the fear of God into, make someone jump (out of their skin), make someone's hair stand on end, give someone goose pimples, make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, send into a cold sweat, make someone shake in their shoes startle, alarm, give someone a fright, give someone a turn shock, appal, horrify intimidate, daunt, unnerve informal give someone the heebie-jeebies, scare the pants off, scarify, make someone's hair curl British informal throw into a blue funk, put the wind up Irish informal scare the bejesus out of North American informal spook vulgar slang scare shitless, scare the shit out of archaic fright, affright 1.1with object and adverbial Drive or keep (someone) away by frightening them. 吓走；吓跑 the ugly scenes scared the holiday crowds away 可怕的场面吓跑了度假人群。 Example sentencesExamples Kira is credited with scaring off the intruder and saving her mother's life by phoning the police and ambulance and attending to Diane's wounds. The new bill is scaring off other new investment, too. American moviemakers and studio executives have always been slower to respond to social unrest, perhaps out of fear that controversy will scare away audiences. It's hard not to feel smug pleasure on hearing that Cornish authorities went so overboard on black propaganda about eclipse chaos that some now regret scaring off any possible lucrative visitors. Sarah didn't move, didn't dare to breath in fear of scaring the cat away. The reason for the low turnout could be that the authorities' tough approach scared people away. Mel isn't easily scared off by that and accepts the invitation to fight the man. I'd wanted it to scare him off, send him fleeing back to wherever he'd come from. If she's so annoying she scares people off, then you might be her only friend. Europe's venture capitalists fear new reporting rules will scare away investors away We're trying to be cautious about not discriminating, not scaring away patients that need care, and yet getting care and getting funding to the hospitals. Talking the dollar down is easy enough, but the strategy depends on a smooth descent that boosts US growth without scaring off the overseas investors who fund the twin deficits. When someone opens the door it hits the door jam and sets off an alarm that will scare them away and wake you up. Grey-headed sparrows are relatively nervous birds and if you scare them away a few times they will go off and look elsewhere for a nest site. I think their behaviour has been scaring people away from the lagoon. The Tories were so keen to push ahead with the float that they failed to order a full inventory of the company's assets, fearing this would scare off investors. I think she decided what she wanted, and she wasn't going to get scared off too easily. However, by the time his application was dealt with, more than six weeks later, the eggs had become chicks and, short of seeing them starve to death by scaring away their mother, he was powerless to act. Party sources believe the campaign is aimed at scaring people away from transferring votes to the party and harming their chances of success just weeks before the election. Surly it must have been scared off by something, but what can frighten an animal that size? Synonyms drive away, drive off, drive out, put to flight, send away, scare off, scatter 1.2no object Become scared. 受惊吓 I don't think I scare easily 我想我没那么容易被吓倒。 Example sentencesExamples The horse Johnny uses to deliver the Boston Observer, Goblin is fast and of great physical prowess, but is difficult to ride because it scares easily. Ayako wasn't one to scare easily, and she knew full well they'd catch onto that. At 74, Browning has lived through more presidential campaigns than she cares to remember and she claims not to scare easily. But these are committed professionals who don't scare easily. This dog will scare easily and will most probably beat you to the hiding place if an intruder bursts into your home! And here is another lesson from history: this is not a city whose people scare easily. Not all enemies scare so easily - we tried to unnerve a nearby guard during the brief time we spent with the game by flickering a spotlight, but to no avail. Mr Mooring, who served with the Eighth Army and saw action at El-Alamein, does not scare easily. Financial writer Kenneth Klee - who doesn't scare easily - remains in the game. She didn't scare easily and it was a widely known fact. noun skɛːskɛr 1A sudden attack of fright. 害怕；惊吓 gosh, that gave me a scare! 哎呀，可把我吓一跳！ Example sentencesExamples When audiences buy into the trailer of a studio horror flick, they accept the unwritten disclaimer stating that nothing original will happen, yet some well-worked scares are there for the taking. If you have a scare, you are suddenly aware of your body. They had been given a scare; one that will stand them in good stead. I really enjoy the scare from a great horror movie, but have to say it runs a close second place to a great comedy or romantic comedy! Even with an admittedly disturbing ring, a cell phone could never match the scare of a clown jumping out of a closet, brandishing an ice pick. Ivory's head snapped up to look him straight in the eyes, her face now a pale sheet of white from the sudden scare. My mind was kind putting me at rest after it gave me the scare of my life. ‘I suppose I gave quite a scare,’ he chuckled in amusement. Mama gave me the scare of my life! Everything is so desperately contrived and unconvincing that you really don't care what happens, and any scares along the way are as frightening as a close friend shouting ‘boo’. The story is gripping and, although the pace is less frenetic than other genre outings, there are plenty of shocks and scares. The plot is very hokey, just like any good horror movie, but the scares are genuine. It brilliantly mixes action, atmosphere and jump-out-of-your-seat scares and its female protagonists look likely to succeed in taking the film beyond horror's usual male fan base. Which reminds me to mention a word of caution when managing cows around calving time, there is nothing like a good scare to make one realise the dangers of attack. It almost seems too emotionally manipulative for a horror show, it doesn't truly rely on scares or spookiness just loss and pain and the suggestion of mental illness. It has a fair share of scares and horror moments in it, ones that stick with you after the movie is over. Megan immediately halted and leaned on the pole tip for support, gulping in air after the sudden scare. She figured that he was on the phone or watching television, and decided to jump in the room and maybe give him the scare of his life. When the game started 45 minutes later I got the scare of my life. For example, when we see that Emily owns a cat, is there any doubt it will jump out at someone for a cheap scare later on? Synonyms fright, shock, start, turn, jump informal the heebie-jeebies 1.1usually with modifier A situation characterized by a sudden and typically widespread sense of alarm or anxiety about something. the event was postponed earlier this year due to the foot-and-mouth scare recent food scares have made the public rightly sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies Aimee has been given the all-clear after a breast cancer scare Example sentencesExamples He says talking publicly about his own cancer scare helped him get through it. Recent food scares have made the public sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies. Three years later, in 1957, America went through one of its biggest nuclear scares. Commuters travelling on London Underground services last night were facing further disruption in the wake of the terror attacks and security scares. In Germany, the food scare has sparked an about-face on agricultural policy. Despite recent scares, online banking is still on the rise. Many of those who gave up beef following the BSE scare have gone back to eating organic beef. The recent mad cow crisis is only the latest in a series of food scares that have driven consumers to demand more precise food labeling regulations. A tourist caused a security scare when he deliberately left his bag of dirty washing on a plane which brought him home from Ibiza. A year of financial crises, political scandal and swine flu scares have battered national confidence. She was upset at having been implicated in causing a food scare and described the report as "absolute nonsense". The move follows a scare on May 11, when authorities ordered workers to evacuate several federal buildings. The lake, which was closed due to bacteria scares in January 2002, faces a new crisis as low water levels threaten to close the recreational spot in the middle of the skiing season. A major pollution scare was sparked off in York after dead fish were found floating in the River Foss. One of the reasons why people need to be taught how to use the computer properly is that there have been some recent scares about internet security. The number of food scares over recent years has not only made the consumer more aware of what they eat, but also where they eat. Nearly every year a frost scare occurs in the grain market. The recent scare over Scottish salmon highlighted the need for the highest standards in production. She has resumed official duties after 20 days of medical leave following a cancer scare. Thousands of mini-buses are likely to be recalled by manufacturers Mercedes-Benz after a crash in Greater Manchester triggered a safety scare. Phrasal Verbs scare something up Manage to find or obtain something. 〈非正式，主北美〉设法找到（或得到）某物 for a price, the box office can usually scare up a pair of tickets 只要多花点钱，售票处常能弄到几张票。 Example sentencesExamples And each was a special customer, and he was determined to serve their needs and he would see if he couldn't scare something up. My guess is it might take time to scare something up though, since a lot of these ladies are the bubble bath and satin and roses and hot air balloon ride types - big dreamers with dashed hopes, I guess. Derivatives scarer noun I thought I disguised my disappointment pretty well as I invited him to kneel down and take a look but he had rather gone off the boil by then and seemed more interested in throwing snowballs at the cat scarer. Example sentencesExamples When you have half a dozen or so, drill a hole close to the edge in each disk, thread them with tarred-twine and tie them to a bamboo cane - they make excellent bird scarers. New moves will be made this weekend by divers armed with sonar scarers used on fish farms to return him to the wild. She has high hopes but I'm concerned that it will clash somehow with the ultrasonic cat scarer that's still going strong out in the garden on a stick. Sound devices are loud and disturb people in the area, however, so take your neighbors' proximity into consideration when choosing an acoustical scarer. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skirra 'frighten', from skjarr 'timid'. Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah verb.1 phr.v. Definition of scare in US English: scare verbskɛrsker [with object] 1Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten. 吓；使害怕 the rapid questions were designed to scare her into blurting out the truth 设计了连珠炮似的问题是要吓她说出实话。 Example sentencesExamples If the cow gets too close to the fence co-ordinates, the collar will make a noise, or give the cow an electric shock to scare it away. With every corner she turned she had to fly past another guard, and with every door she opened another alarm would sound and scare her out of her wits. A masculine voice inquired from somewhere to her left, effectively scaring the living daylights out of Sydney and drawing a startled yelp from her lips. The man says he is convinced that they were large, non-native cats and said he was shocked and scared by the confrontation. Shock and awe rested, it was argued, ultimately on the ability to ‘frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm’. He took a couple steps forward and thrust out with his sword, hoping to intimidate them or scare them away. I suspect from the amount of screaming she did (the nurses closed the door for fear she would scare the other patients) that it hurt. Some are scared stiff of losing their work, others are pressured by family members not to complain. The word alone creates fear, and by now almost anything manages to scare a lot of Americans. But the upper class is scared stiff of his rise, and plots to foil his attempts through fraud. I had never been scared by wind before and I was shocked to have found this fear. A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish. She was wasting her time, trying to scare an already badly frightened man. I know guys are supposed to be driven by their hormones at this age, but Eros was really, really scaring me with how driven he actually was. They are scared stiff of what other people think, who in turn are scared stiff of what they think. I realized I must look rather intimidating so I relaxed and laughed so as not to scare everyone further. This news really scared the other animals and panic was starting to grip them. The biggest fear was one that could easily happen and was what scared them most! Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors. We humans love to scare ourselves, but rarely do our worst fears come to be - partly because we worry so much. Synonyms frighten, make afraid, make fearful, make nervous, panic, throw into a panic 1.1 Drive or keep (someone) away by frightening them. 吓走；吓跑 the threat of bad weather scared away the crowds Example sentencesExamples Party sources believe the campaign is aimed at scaring people away from transferring votes to the party and harming their chances of success just weeks before the election. Surly it must have been scared off by something, but what can frighten an animal that size? Kira is credited with scaring off the intruder and saving her mother's life by phoning the police and ambulance and attending to Diane's wounds. If she's so annoying she scares people off, then you might be her only friend. I think their behaviour has been scaring people away from the lagoon. The reason for the low turnout could be that the authorities' tough approach scared people away. It's hard not to feel smug pleasure on hearing that Cornish authorities went so overboard on black propaganda about eclipse chaos that some now regret scaring off any possible lucrative visitors. The new bill is scaring off other new investment, too. I'd wanted it to scare him off, send him fleeing back to wherever he'd come from. We're trying to be cautious about not discriminating, not scaring away patients that need care, and yet getting care and getting funding to the hospitals. The Tories were so keen to push ahead with the float that they failed to order a full inventory of the company's assets, fearing this would scare off investors. Europe's venture capitalists fear new reporting rules will scare away investors away Talking the dollar down is easy enough, but the strategy depends on a smooth descent that boosts US growth without scaring off the overseas investors who fund the twin deficits. Mel isn't easily scared off by that and accepts the invitation to fight the man. However, by the time his application was dealt with, more than six weeks later, the eggs had become chicks and, short of seeing them starve to death by scaring away their mother, he was powerless to act. Grey-headed sparrows are relatively nervous birds and if you scare them away a few times they will go off and look elsewhere for a nest site. American moviemakers and studio executives have always been slower to respond to social unrest, perhaps out of fear that controversy will scare away audiences. Sarah didn't move, didn't dare to breath in fear of scaring the cat away. I think she decided what she wanted, and she wasn't going to get scared off too easily. When someone opens the door it hits the door jam and sets off an alarm that will scare them away and wake you up. Synonyms drive away, drive off, drive out, put to flight, send away, scare off, scatter 1.2no object Become scared. 受惊吓 I don't think I scare easily 我想我没那么容易被吓倒。 Example sentencesExamples She didn't scare easily and it was a widely known fact. This dog will scare easily and will most probably beat you to the hiding place if an intruder bursts into your home! Not all enemies scare so easily - we tried to unnerve a nearby guard during the brief time we spent with the game by flickering a spotlight, but to no avail. Financial writer Kenneth Klee - who doesn't scare easily - remains in the game. Ayako wasn't one to scare easily, and she knew full well they'd catch onto that. But these are committed professionals who don't scare easily. The horse Johnny uses to deliver the Boston Observer, Goblin is fast and of great physical prowess, but is difficult to ride because it scares easily. And here is another lesson from history: this is not a city whose people scare easily. At 74, Browning has lived through more presidential campaigns than she cares to remember and she claims not to scare easily. Mr Mooring, who served with the Eighth Army and saw action at El-Alamein, does not scare easily. nounskɛrsker 1A sudden attack of fright. 害怕；惊吓 gosh, that gave me a scare! 哎呀，可把我吓一跳！ Example sentencesExamples Everything is so desperately contrived and unconvincing that you really don't care what happens, and any scares along the way are as frightening as a close friend shouting ‘boo’. Even with an admittedly disturbing ring, a cell phone could never match the scare of a clown jumping out of a closet, brandishing an ice pick. ‘I suppose I gave quite a scare,’ he chuckled in amusement. They had been given a scare; one that will stand them in good stead. My mind was kind putting me at rest after it gave me the scare of my life. Which reminds me to mention a word of caution when managing cows around calving time, there is nothing like a good scare to make one realise the dangers of attack. Mama gave me the scare of my life! It almost seems too emotionally manipulative for a horror show, it doesn't truly rely on scares or spookiness just loss and pain and the suggestion of mental illness. I really enjoy the scare from a great horror movie, but have to say it runs a close second place to a great comedy or romantic comedy! It brilliantly mixes action, atmosphere and jump-out-of-your-seat scares and its female protagonists look likely to succeed in taking the film beyond horror's usual male fan base. The story is gripping and, although the pace is less frenetic than other genre outings, there are plenty of shocks and scares. She figured that he was on the phone or watching television, and decided to jump in the room and maybe give him the scare of his life. When audiences buy into the trailer of a studio horror flick, they accept the unwritten disclaimer stating that nothing original will happen, yet some well-worked scares are there for the taking. Ivory's head snapped up to look him straight in the eyes, her face now a pale sheet of white from the sudden scare. The plot is very hokey, just like any good horror movie, but the scares are genuine. When the game started 45 minutes later I got the scare of my life. For example, when we see that Emily owns a cat, is there any doubt it will jump out at someone for a cheap scare later on? It has a fair share of scares and horror moments in it, ones that stick with you after the movie is over. Megan immediately halted and leaned on the pole tip for support, gulping in air after the sudden scare. If you have a scare, you are suddenly aware of your body. Synonyms fright, shock, start, turn, jump 1.1usually with modifier A situation characterized by sudden alarm or anxiety about something. recent food scares have made the public rightly sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies she has been given the all-clear after a breast cancer scare Example sentencesExamples Nearly every year a frost scare occurs in the grain market. Commuters travelling on London Underground services last night were facing further disruption in the wake of the terror attacks and security scares. The lake, which was closed due to bacteria scares in January 2002, faces a new crisis as low water levels threaten to close the recreational spot in the middle of the skiing season. Many of those who gave up beef following the BSE scare have gone back to eating organic beef. A tourist caused a security scare when he deliberately left his bag of dirty washing on a plane which brought him home from Ibiza. The move follows a scare on May 11, when authorities ordered workers to evacuate several federal buildings. The recent mad cow crisis is only the latest in a series of food scares that have driven consumers to demand more precise food labeling regulations. Recent food scares have made the public sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies. Thousands of mini-buses are likely to be recalled by manufacturers Mercedes-Benz after a crash in Greater Manchester triggered a safety scare. She has resumed official duties after 20 days of medical leave following a cancer scare. He says talking publicly about his own cancer scare helped him get through it. A major pollution scare was sparked off in York after dead fish were found floating in the River Foss. The recent scare over Scottish salmon highlighted the need for the highest standards in production. One of the reasons why people need to be taught how to use the computer properly is that there have been some recent scares about internet security. Despite recent scares, online banking is still on the rise. In Germany, the food scare has sparked an about-face on agricultural policy. Three years later, in 1957, America went through one of its biggest nuclear scares. The number of food scares over recent years has not only made the consumer more aware of what they eat, but also where they eat. She was upset at having been implicated in causing a food scare and described the report as "absolute nonsense". A year of financial crises, political scandal and swine flu scares have battered national confidence. Phrasal Verbs scare something up Manage to find or obtain something. 〈非正式，主北美〉设法找到（或得到）某物 for a price, the box office can usually scare up a pair of tickets 只要多花点钱，售票处常能弄到几张票。 Example sentencesExamples And each was a special customer, and he was determined to serve their needs and he would see if he couldn't scare something up. My guess is it might take time to scare something up though, since a lot of these ladies are the bubble bath and satin and roses and hot air balloon ride types - big dreamers with dashed hopes, I guess. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’. verb.1 phr.v.
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