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scarecrow

B2 verb

Các nghĩa

  1. làm cho cứng đơ như bù nhìn

    To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).

    transitive

    [H]is small frame seeming scarecrowed in the over-large black coat.

  2. dang tay như bù nhìn

    To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.

    transitive

    He scarecrowed his arms. 'Disya belong to mi. Lang time mi wait fa dis. City nuh change.'

  3. dọa cho sợ như bù nhìn

    To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.

    transitive

    [T]hat old acquaintance, […] is neither lullabied with thy sweete Papp, nor ſcarre-crowed with thy ſower hatchet.

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