"scare to death" 怎么发音

expression

US

SKAIR tuh DETH

UK

SKAIR too DETH

释义

Used to describe being extremely frightened, often suddenly or as an exaggeration. It means something made you feel so scared that it felt almost deadly.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈskɛɹ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈdɛθ

英式英语

skˈeə/ /tˈuː/ /dˈɛθ

简化发音

美式

SKAIR tuh DETH

英式

SKAIR too DETH

语境中听

The thunder last night scared me to death.

That horror movie scared her to death.

I was scared to death when I saw the snake.

You almost scared me to death sneaking up behind me like that!