Startle

(noun.) a sudden involuntary movement; 'he awoke with a start'.

(verb.) to stimulate to action ; '..startled him awake'; 'galvanized into action'.

(verb.) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; 'She startled when I walked into the room'.

手打:鲁迪

• What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was not so unlike her father's principles, and her early training, that it need startle her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I think our electric powers will rather startle Alcibiades! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Accept this casket--startle not at its contents. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Mrs. Dorset might startle or dazzle him, but she had neither the skill nor the patience to effect his capture. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Yes, replied Crispin equably, as he prepared to startle the lady; he is going to the East in my yacht. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It did not startle, it hardly roused her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Bell quite startled me when he said, some idea of the kind--' 'Mr. Bell! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Before another word could be said by anybody, a thundering knock at the street door startled us all. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She struck a light and stood startled, listening. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He looked up at her with his full, elfin eyes startled. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A rap at the door startled him in this occupation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• They have the strangest knack of startling you with unpleasant surprises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was almost startling, heard for the first time. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Again there was a loud laugh, the most startling of which was the Baronet's, which rattled out like a clatter of falling stones. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And are your revelations startling? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Not very; it all depends upon what you call startling. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The words hardly reached him: he was aware only of her voice, and of the startling fact that not an echo of it had remained in his memory. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Thus easily do even the most startling novelties grow tame and spiritless to these sight-surfeited wanderers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The least thing--nothing--startles you! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Her scorn startles me from my dreams; I stand up myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It absolutely startles me, now he is in my mind, to find how plainly I see him! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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