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单词 startle
释义 startle
 —startlement,  n.   —startler,  n.  
 /stahr"tl/,  v.  , startled, startling,  n.  
  v.t.  
  1. to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
  2. to cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock.
  v.i.  
  3. to start involuntarily, as from a shock of surprise or alarm.
  n.  
  4. a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
  5. something that startles.
 [bef. 1100; ME stertlen to rush, caper, equiv. to stert(en) to START + -(e)len -LE, or continuing OE steartlian to kick, struggle]
 Syn. 1. scare, frighten, astonish. See shock1.
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