Startle
['stɑːt(ə)l] or ['stɑrtl]
解释:
(noun.) a sudden involuntary movement; 'he awoke with a start'.
(verb.) to stimulate to action ; '..startled him awake'; 'galvanized into action'.
(verb.) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; 'She startled when I walked into the room'.
手打:鲁迪--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
(v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
(v. t.) To deter; to cause to deviate.
(n.) A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
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同义词及近义词：
v. n. Shrink, wince, flinch, start.
v. a. [1]. Frighten, flight, affright, alarm, shock.[2]. Strike with wonder, surprise, astonish, astound, amaze.
n. Shock, START.
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同义词及反义词：
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解释:
v.i. to start or move suddenly: to feel sudden alarm.—v.t. to excite suddenly: to shock: to frighten.—n. sudden alarm or surprise.—n. Start′ler.—adj. Start′ling such as to strike with astonishment or alarm.—adv. Start′lingly.—adj. Start′lish apt to start.
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例句:
- What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- It was not so unlike her father's principles, and her early training, that it need startle her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I think our electric powers will rather startle Alcibiades! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Accept this casket--startle not at its contents. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Mrs. Dorset might startle or dazzle him, but she had neither the skill nor the patience to effect his capture. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Yes, replied Crispin equably, as he prepared to startle the lady; he is going to the East in my yacht. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- It did not startle, it hardly roused her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Mr. Bell quite startled me when he said, some idea of the kind--' 'Mr. Bell! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Before another word could be said by anybody, a thundering knock at the street door startled us all. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- She struck a light and stood startled, listening. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- He looked up at her with his full, elfin eyes startled. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- A rap at the door startled him in this occupation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- They have the strangest knack of startling you with unpleasant surprises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It was almost startling, heard for the first time. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Again there was a loud laugh, the most startling of which was the Baronet's, which rattled out like a clatter of falling stones. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- And are your revelations startling? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Not very; it all depends upon what you call startling. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The words hardly reached him: he was aware only of her voice, and of the startling fact that not an echo of it had remained in his memory. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Thus easily do even the most startling novelties grow tame and spiritless to these sight-surfeited wanderers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The least thing--nothing--startles you! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Her scorn startles me from my dreams; I stand up myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It absolutely startles me, now he is in my mind, to find how plainly I see him! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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