/skeə(r) ||; skɛr/verb1 [T] to make a person or an animal frightened 使（人或动物）惊恐，恐惧: The sudden noise scared us all. 那突如其来的声音把我们都吓坏了。It scares me to think what might happen. 一想到可能会发生的事我心里就很害怕。
2 [I] to become frightened 受惊吓；感到害怕: I don't scare easily, but when I saw the gun I was terrified. 我不容易受惊吓，但看到那把枪就吓坏了。
scare sb/sth away/off to make a person or animal leave or stay away by frightening them 把（人或动物）吓跑:
Don't make any noise or you'll scare the birds away. 不要弄出声响，不然的话你会把那些鸟吓跑的。