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- scare [skεə]
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1.
vb
to fill or be filled with fear or alarm
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2.
vt.
[tr;
often foll by awayor off] to drive (away) by frightening -
3.
vt.
[tr]
[US and Canadian]
[informal]
[
foll by up] to produce (a meal) quickly from whatever is available -
4.
vt.
to manage to find (something) quickly or with difficulty
- brewers need to scare up more sales
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5.
n
a sudden attack of fear or alarm
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6.
n
a period of general fear or alarm
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7.
adj
causing (needless) fear or alarm
- a scare story
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8.
adj
[Etymology]
C12: from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra
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1.
vb
to fill or be filled with fear or alarm
Examples
- a war scare
- 战争恐慌 → scare
- Peter was able to scare away the bear with a sudden movement.
- 彼得突然动了一下，才吓走了那只熊。 → movement
- The news reported the bomb scare was false.
- 这则新闻报道说炸弹恐吓的消息不是真的。 → false
- to scare/bore sb to death
- 吓死某人/使某人感到无聊之极 → death
- a bomb/security scare
- 炸弹/安全恐慌 → scare
- brewers need to scare up more sales → scare
- a scare story → scare
- 旱情诚然是严重的，但是它吓不倒我们。
- True, the drought is serious, but it can't scare us. → 诚然
- 把我吓一跳
- give me a start (or scare) → 吓
- 在田间安放一些草人, 可以起到吓走鸟兽的作用。
- Some scarecrows in the fields can scare away birds, and animals. → 草人
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