| 单词 | startle |
| 释义 | startle (once / 138 pages) vn To startle is to jump, like when you're surprised. If you’re sneaking through a dark room and step on a sleeping dog’s tail — you might startle the dog. If she barks, that dog startles you right back! A startle is a quick, sharp movement, like a little jump that happens when you’re surprised or suddenly scared. If you sneak up on your mom and say "Boo!" you’ll startle her and she might jump up in her seat (before she yells at you to quit it). Alarm clocks and barking dogs often startle people. The original meaning of startle, around 1300, was "to run back and forth," from the Old English word styrtan, "to leap up." WORD FAMILYstartle: startled, startles, startling+/startled: startledly/startling: startlingly USAGE EXAMPLESSo the truly startling thing about Ms. Carey’s New Year’s Eve fiasco is that she planned to perform “Emotions” at all. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The combination of tiredness and fear, when it combined with my letting down my guard, produced at least one moment that startled and haunted me. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) For that startling race, Whitlock’s training log showed that he did 43 training runs of three hours apiece. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v surprise greatly Syn|Hypo|Hyper ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback galvanise, galvanize to stimulate to action surprise cause to be surprised 2v to stimulate to action .. startled him awake Syn|Hyper galvanise, galvanize ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off 3v move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm She startled when I walked into the room Syn|Hypo|Hyper jump, start shy start suddenly, as from fright bogglestartle with amazement or fear rear backstart with anger or resentment or in protest jackrabbitgo forward or start with a fast, sudden movement move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 4n a sudden involuntary movement Syn|Hypo|Hyper jump, start startle reaction, startle response a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions Moro reflex, startle reflexa normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs flinch, wincea reflex response to sudden pain inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
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