scary

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɛə.ɹi/|/ˈskɛː.ɹi/    美 /ˈskɛə.ɹi/|/ˈskɛɹ.i/|/ˈskeːɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
形容词 adj.
  1. Causing fear or anxiety informal
    — The tiger's jaws were scary.
  2. Uncannily striking or surprising. informal
    — Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
  3. Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened. US,colloquial
    — “Whist! whist!” said Natty, in a low voice, on hearing a slight sound made by Elizabeth, in bending over the side of the canoe, in eager curiosity; “’tis a sceary animal, and it’s a far stroke for a spear. […]”
副词 adv.
  1. To a scary extent; scarily. informal,not-comparable
    — At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]

词形变化

scarier comparative scariest superlative scarey alternative scarey alternative scarey alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonscary scaries scarily scariness scarisome scary-ass scary devil monastery scary sharp scarysome Sunday scaries unscary

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English scare
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English scary
From scare + -y.
词源 2
From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”).
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