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词汇 scaring
释义 scaring
present participle ofscare
scare
verb[ I or T ]
uk /skeər/ us /sker/
C1
to (make a person or animal) feel frightened: (使)惊恐,(使)害怕;受惊吓,感到害怕
Sudden noises scare her.突然的响声把她吓了一跳。
She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily.她很勇敢——她不会那么容易害怕的。
He scared me out of my wits(= made me extremely frightened) by driving so fast.他开得那么快,把我吓得半死。
Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death(= makes me extremely nervous and worried).与陌生人见面我会感到很紧张,手足无措。
She scared the hell/life/living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree.当她从树上掉下来时,我都吓死了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Frightening and scaring
chill
chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom
cow
cow someone into something/doing something
creep
curdle
daylight
flesh
ghoulishly
heart-stopping
heebie-jeebies
jump scare
make someone's blood curdleidiom
scare
scare someone into doing something
scare someone shitlessidiom
scaremongering
send
send chills down/up someone's spineidiom
shiver

Idiom


scare someone shitless

Phrasal verbs


scare someone/something away/off
scare someone away/off
scare someone into doing something
scare something up

Examples of scaring


scaring

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Protection from vertebrate pests was maintained throughout using fencing, screens and scaring devices.
Farmers suggested that early engagement in bird scaring and planting a little later could be a good option.
An average family consists of 6+7 members thus providing adequate labour for scaring birds and other farm operations associated with growing early-maturing improved varieties.
A person might cause another to flinch by scaring her.
There is a good market in the world for light aircraft, the club aircraft, or machines for crop dusting, fertiliser spraying or bird scaring.
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The department gives advice to farmers about alternative methods of scaring geese.
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There has been a spate of inaccurate information aimed at scaring the public, especially the elderly, about cuts in bus routes.
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I would deplore any attempt by anyone to try to gain advantage during the negotiations by scaring members of the public unnecessarily.
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Such a firm will hardly have the decency to think twice about putting pressure on those in arrears, scaring them and then repossessing.
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They are scaring organisations away from employing women.
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They ought to stop scaring quite unnecessarily both their own and other people's constituents.
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I would recommend scaring devices for this purpose, because extensive research has established that no known techniques of destruction will lead to effective population control.
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Though it is no doubt right that people should be warned, such remarks have a rather scaring effect.
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I see no reason why he should start scaring his constituents and others who work at the factories concerned.
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Investigations into the use of scaring devices and chemical repellants have met with little success so far, but are continuing.
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