spook sb/sth
作及物动词时，宾语通常是人或动物，强调使其突然受惊。
The loud thunder spooked the horses.
响亮的雷声惊吓了那些马。
受惊；吓一跳；感到害怕；（鬼魂）出没于；闹鬼；使惊吓或紧张(尤指突然吓到)；受惊吓(因某事突然)；作祟
使惊吓或紧张(尤指突然吓到)
To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
受惊吓(因某事突然)
To become frightened (by something startling).
作祟
To haunt.
一般现在时
I spook easily when watching horror movies.
我看恐怖电影时很容易受惊。
一般过去时
The shadow spooked me last night.
昨晚那个影子吓到了我。
现在完成时
The story has spooked everyone in the room.
这个故事已经吓坏了房间里的每个人。
惊吓，使害怕
The sudden noise spooked the horse, and it ran off.
突然的响声吓到了马，它跑开了。
用法提示：spook 在此是及物动词，表示‘吓到、使受惊’。
Don't spook the cat by moving too quickly.
别走得太快吓到猫。
用法提示：spook 用作动词，表示‘惊吓’，后接宾语。
I was spooked by the strange shadow outside the window.
窗外奇怪的影子把我吓到了。
用法提示：spooked 是过去分词，用于被动结构，表示‘被吓到’。
作及物动词时，宾语通常是人或动物，强调使其突然受惊。
The loud thunder spooked the horses.
响亮的雷声惊吓了那些马。
这一被动结构常表示因某事物而突然紧张或害怕，多用于口语和新闻报道。
Investors got spooked by rumors of a market crash.
投资者被市场崩盘的传言吓到了。
不及物用法常与 easily 搭配，描述人或动物容易受惊。
Deer spook easily.
鹿很容易受惊。
grammar · medium
易错句子I felt spook when I heard the strange noise.
正确表达I felt spooked when I heard the strange noise.
spook 是动词，不能直接放在 feel 后作表语；表示“感到害怕”要用其过去分词 spooked 作形容词，构成 feel spooked。
grammar · medium
易错句子She was spooked of the sudden thunder.
正确表达She was spooked by the sudden thunder.
spook 的被动结构用 by 引出施动者或原因，不用 of；of 是受 be afraid of 影响而误用。这里应说 be spooked by sth。
grammar · medium
易错句子The loud bang spooked at me.
正确表达The loud bang spooked me.
spook 作及物动词时直接接宾语，不需要介词 at；at 是受 look at、shout at 等结构干扰而多加的。
scare 是日常口语中最通用的“使害怕”，宾语多为人；spook 更偏“突然使受惊、使心神不宁”，且另有“（鬼魂）出没”义，scare 没有这个意思。
startle 强调在毫无防备时瞬间一惊，常与 by、at 搭配；spook 除了表示瞬间受惊，还可表示持续的不安紧张，并且可以表示“闹鬼”。
haunt 只对应 spook 的“鬼魂出没、作祟”义，且语气正式、多用于书面；表示“使害怕”时要用 spook 这类词，不能用 haunt。
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