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startle 音标拼音: [st'ɑrtəl]
n. 惊愕,惊恐
vt. 吃惊,使惊愕
vi. 惊起 惊愕,惊恐吃惊,使惊愕惊起 startle n 1: a sudden involuntary movement; " he awoke with a start" [ synonym: { startle}, { jump}, { start}] v 1: to stimulate to action ; ".. startled him awake"; " galvanized into action" [ synonym: { startle}, { galvanize}, { galvanise}] 2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; " She startled when I walked into the room" [ synonym: { startle}, { jump}, { start}] Startle \ Star" tle\ ( st[ aum] r" t' l), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Startled} ( st[ aum] r" t' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Startling} ( st[ aum] r" tl[ i^] ng).] [ Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. [ 1913 Webster] Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster]
Startle \ Star" tle\ ( st[ aum] r" t' l), v. t. 1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. [ 1913 Webster] The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [ R.] -- Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm. [ 1913 Webster]
Startle \ Star" tle\, n. A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. [ 1913 Webster] After having recovered from my first startle, I was very well pleased with the accident. -- Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " startle": affright, alarm, alert, amaze, arouse, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, be startled, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bolt, bowl down, bowl over, confound, cry havoc, cry wolf, curdle the blood, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discompose, dismay, disquiet, disturb, dumbfound, dumbfounder, electrify, fight shy, flabbergast, flinch, fly storm warnings, fright, frighten, funk, horripilate, jar, jib, jolt, jump, jump a mile, make one tremble, overwhelm, panic, paralyze, perplex, perturb, petrify, raise apprehensions, scare, shake, shake up, shock, shy, skedaddle, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin, spook, spring, stagger, stampede, start, start aside, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, terrify, terrorize, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, warn
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