startle
verbto surprise somebody suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them 使驚嚇；使嚇一跳；使大吃一驚 - startle somebody/something
I didn't mean to startle you. 我不是存心要嚇唬你。 The explosion startled the horse. 爆炸聲使馬受了驚。 I was startled by her question. 她的問題讓我大吃一驚。 She was startled into a little cry of surprise. 她嚇了一跳，發出驚訝的小叫聲。 - it startles somebody to do something
It startled me to find her sitting in my office. 發現她坐在我辦公室裏面，把我嚇了一跳。
Synonyms surprisesurpriseTopics Feelingsc2- startle
- amaze
- stun
- astonish
- take somebody aback
- astound
- surprise to give somebody the feeling that you get when something happens that you do not expect or do not understand, or something that you do expect does not happen; to make somebody feel surprised:
The outcome didn’t surprise me at all. 這一結果完全在我的意料之中。
- startle to surprise somebody suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them:
Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you. 抱歉，我不是故意嚇你一跳的。 The explosion startled the horse. 爆炸聲使馬受了驚。
- amaze to surprise somebody very much:
Just the huge size of the place amazed her. 僅僅地方之大就使她十分驚奇。
- stun (rather informal) (often in newspapers) to surprise or shock somebody so much that they cannot think clearly or speak
- astonish to surprise somebody very much:
The news astonished everyone. 這消息使大家十分驚訝。
amaze or astonish? 用 amaze 還是 astonish？ - take somebody aback [usually passive] (especially of something negative) to surprise or shock somebody:
We were rather taken aback by her hostile reaction. 她敵視的反應使我們大吃一驚。
- astound to surprise or shock somebody very much:
His arrogance astounded her. 他的傲慢使她震驚。
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- to be surprised/startled/stunned into (doing) something
Oxford Collocations DictionaryStartle is used with these nouns as the subject:- movement
Word OriginOld English steartlian ‘kick, struggle’, from the base of start. The early sense gave rise to ‘move quickly, caper’ (typically said of cattle), which led to the sense ‘cause to react with fear’ (late 16th cent.).- startle somebody/something