startle

/ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/ 动词 B2

中文：吓了一跳

To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. (intransitive) · a horse that startles easily
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. (transitive)

He/she/it startles · 过去式 startled · 过去分词 startled · -ing形式 startling

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She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear.

Richard, only six months home from college, was startled a little.

Anne’s white face and big eyes appeared over the bedclothes with a startling suddenness.

She knelt there, lost to everything but the loveliness around her, until she was startled by a hand on her shoulder.

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