scare sb/sth ↔ off/away phr v [T] 1 to make someone or something go away by frightening them 吓走，把…吓跑: They lit fires to scare away the wild animals. 他们生火把野兽吓跑。 2 to make someone uncertain or worried, so that they do not do something they were going to do 吓住，吓倒〔某人，使他不敢做某事〕