资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scare \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar,
   prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre,
   adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to
   turn.]
   To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

         The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so
         my shoot is lost.                        --Shak.

   {To scare away}, to drive away by frightening.

   {To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game.
      [Slang]

   Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.