scare

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /skɛə/    美 /skɛɚ/|/skeː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A minor fright.
    — Johnny had a bad scare last night.
  2. A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.
    — a food-poisoning scare
  3. A device or object used to frighten.
    — But I admit the possibility of their being used as "scares" for either birds of prey or snakes, or both.
动词 v.
  1. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. transitive
    — Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
  2. (To be able) to be scared. intransitive
    — I don't scare easily.
形容词 adj.
  1. lean; scanty

词形变化

scares plural scares present,singular,third-person scaring participle,present scared participle,past scared past more scare comparative most scare superlative

词汇关系

近义词
fright frighten terrify
衍生词
bomb scare jump-scare jump scare lavender scare red scare scarebug scare campaign scare chord scaredeer scarefest scarefire scareful scarehead scareless scareline scare line scarelore scareproof scare quote scaresome scare tactic scareware scary Y2K scare jumpscare bescare bird-scarer outscare overscare scareable scare away scare-babe scare-beggar scarecrow scared scaredy-cat scare into scaremonger scare off scare out of one's wits scarer scare-sleep scare someone out of their mind scare someone out of their wits scare someone to death scare story scare straight scare the bejeebers out of scare-the-birds scare the daylights out of scare the hell out of scare the hoes scare the horses scare the life out of scare the living daylights out of scare the pants off scare the pants off of scare the shit out of scare up scariant scarify unscare
相关词
scarecrow

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).
词源 2
From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”).
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