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Wiktionary 第二个义项解释的很好，其他几部大型英汉词典也有提到惊恐害怕之意，似乎该义是口语用法，不那么常用：5 S" r; N0 I {
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2. (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
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' B, J2 B+ \: v7 g1 b+ mAnd let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare. |
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