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startle

US [ˈstɑrt(ə)l]
UK [ˈstɑː(r)t(ə)l]
  • n.惊跳；〈美〉吃惊
  • v.使惊吓；使吓一跳；使大吃一惊
  • Web使吃惊；震惊；使惊跳
Simple Present：startles  Present Participle：startling  Past Tense：startled  

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使惊吓；使吓一跳；使大吃一惊to surprise sb suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them
I didn't mean to startle you.
我不是存心要吓唬你。
The explosion startled the horse.
爆炸声使马受了惊。
I was startled by her question.
她的问题让我大吃一惊。
It startled me to find her sitting in my office.
我一进办公室，发现她坐在里面，把我吓了一跳。

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AllAll,惊跳惊跳,〈美〉吃惊〈美〉吃惊,使惊吓使惊吓,使吓一跳使吓一跳,使大吃一惊使大吃一惊,使吃惊使吃惊,震惊震惊,使惊跳使惊跳
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1.
Bar patrons in Arizona got a startle when a bobcat trotted in the front door. One man was attacked and slightly hurt.
在亚利桑那州，一只野猫从酒吧前门冲过，让顾客大吃一惊。
zài yà lì sāng nà zhōu , yī zhī yě māo cóng jiǔ bā qián mén chōng guò , ràng gù kè dà chī yì jīng 。
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Send thy angry storm, dark with death, if it is thy wish, and with lashes of lightning startle the sky from end to end.
如果你愿意，请降下你的死黑的盛怒的风雨，以闪电震慑诸天吧。
rú guǒ nǐ yuàn yì , qǐng xiáng xià nǐ de sǐ hēi de shèng nù de fēng yǔ , yǐ shǎn diàn zhèn shè zhū tiān ba 。
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An eight-year-old with a dummy may startle passers-by; but how much do you care?
一个八岁大的孩子可能会吓到路人，但也无需大惊小怪。
yī gè bā suì dà de hái zi kě néng huì xià dào lù rén , dàn yě wú xū dà jīng xiǎo guài 。
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But it did not startle the girl, because she had no idea asking herself whether it was abnormal or not.
画中的那两人开端走动了。但是这并没有惊吓到这个女孩，由于她自己并不知道这是不是变态。
huà zhōng de nà liǎng rén kāi duān zǒu dòng le 。 dàn shì zhè bìng méi yǒu jīng xià dào zhè ge nǚ hái , yóu yú tā zì jǐ bìng bù zhī dào zhè shì bu shì biàn tài 。
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It's OK to startle a pet out of a behavior, but only if you catch him in the act.
让宠物不去做某事时，吓吓倒是没关系，但是只有你对他逮了个正着的时候。
ràng chǒng wù bù qù zuò mǒu shì shí , xià xià dǎo shì méi guān xi , dàn shì zhǐ yǒu nǐ duì tā dǎi le gè zhèng zhe de shí hou 。
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The startle her eyes to see him, his eyes so deep and profound ah!
她惊跳的抬眼看他，他那深邃的眼光那么深刻啊！
tā jīng tiào de tái yǎn kàn tā , tā nà shēn suì de yǎn guāng nà me shēn kè ya !
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As she was on fire as to startle, he pushed hard, with her stiff body back several steps to stand firm.
她象被火烧到般惊跳，用力推开他，她僵直着身子，退了好几步才站稳。
tā xiàng bèi huǒ shāo dào bān jīng tiào , yòng lì tuī kāi tā , tā jiāng zhí zhe shēn zǐ , tuì le hǎo jǐ bù cái zhàn wěn 。
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Some people predict that: Do not Cha do not know, a check startle.
有人预言：不查不知道，一查吓一跳。
yǒu rén yù yán : bù chá bù zhī dào , yī chá xià yī tiào 。
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should be great and unobtrusive, a thing enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.
诗歌应当是非凡而不唐突的，是这样一种东西，它进入人的心灵，不是以其本身，而是以其主题使之震动或惊奇。
shī gē yīng dāng shì fēi fán ér bù táng tū de , shì zhè yàng yī zhǒng dōng xi , tā jìn rù rén de xīn líng , bú shì yǐ qí běn shēn , ér shì yǐ qí zhǔ tí shǐ zhī zhèn dòng huò jīng qí 。
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10.
If in society has the matter which one kind may startle, compared to has a dream also a more realistic matter, that is certainly: Is living.
假使世间有一种可骇的事情，比做梦还更现实的事情，那一定是：活着。
jiǎ shǐ shì jiān yǒu yī zhǒng kě hài de shì qíng , bǐ zuò mèng hái gèng xiàn shí de shì qíng , nà yí dìng shì : huó zhe 。
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