喜樂美語
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    /ˈskeri/ · /ˈskeəri/

    Making you feel afraid or nervous.

    可怕的 / 嚇人的

    比較級 scarier最高級 scariest

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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One way to see it: the thing that puts the fear into you. Not the feeling itself — the source of it. A dark corridor, a wobbly ladder, the first day at a new school: they are scary because of what they do to whoever meets them.

可以想成「會把恐懼放進你心裡」的那個東西。它講的不是害怕本身，而是害怕的來源：暗暗的走廊、搖搖晃晃的梯子、轉學第一天…更多收起可以想成「會把恐懼放進你心裡」的那個東西。它講的不是害怕本身，而是害怕的來源：暗暗的走廊、搖搖晃晃的梯子、轉學第一天，都可以是 scary，因為它們讓遇到的人心裡發毛。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

scaryadj詞源 1/ˈskɛə.ɹi/

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    informalCausing fear or anxiety

    • The tiger's jaws were scary.
    • She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
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    informalUncannily striking or surprising.

    • Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
  • 3

    Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

    • “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. […]”
    • “She’s cursed,” said the skipper; “speak her fair: I’m scary always to see her shake Her wicked head, with its wild gray hair, And nose like a hawk, and eyes like a snake.”

scaryadv詞源 1/ˈskɛə.ɹi/

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    informalTo a scary extent; scarily.

    • At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]
    • [T]he main reason I don't want to give her a GA is she's so scary fat!

scarynoun詞源 2

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    Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。