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单词 surprise
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surprise
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A surprise can be an unexpected or astonishing event, such as an ambush or a really great grade on a test you didn't study for.
Surprise can be a verb meaning to astonish or startle someone, a noun for the unexpected thing, or for the feeling produced by that surprise. It comes from the Latin word for "seize," and originally meant an unexpected military attack. When the novelist Charles Lever wrote in 1841 of "three cavalry regiments, their noiseless gestures and perfect stillness bespeaking at once that they were intended for a surprise party," he meant a surprise attack, not a birthday party.
WORD FAMILY
surprise: surprisal, surprised, surpriser, surprises, surprising+/surprisal: surprisals/surprised: surprisedly, unsurprised/surpriser: surprisers/surprising: surprisingly, surprisingness, unsurprising/unsurprised: unsurprisedly/unsurprising: unsurprisingly
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What is surprising is that relatively large drops in RMR are quite common among individuals who lose body fat through diet or exercise.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
Irsay surprised many within the league by retaining both after last season.
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
“There’s just so many checks and balances, it just doesn’t surprise me that he got caught before this plane was able to leave the gate.”
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
1v come upon or take unawares
She surprised the couple
He surprised an interesting scene
Hypo|Hyper
blindside
catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences
act, move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
2v attack by storm; attack suddenly
Syn|Hyper
storm
assail, attack
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
3v cause to be surprised
The news really surprised me
Hypo|Hyper
amaze, astonish, astound
affect with wonder
explode a bombshell
utter or do something surprising
catch
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
boggle, bowl over, flabbergast
overcome with amazement
ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
dazzle
amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
galvanise, galvanize, startle
to stimulate to action
affect, impress, move, strike
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
4n the act of surprising someone
Syn|Hyper
surprisal
disruption, perturbation
the act of causing disorder
5n a sudden unexpected event
Hypo|Hyper
bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap
a shocking surprise
coup de theatre
a dramatic surprise
eye opener
something surprising and revealing
peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
blow, shock
an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
stunner
an unexpected and amazing event
blip
a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
alteration, change, modification
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
6n the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
Hyper
amazement, astonishment
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
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