"startle" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 使吃惊
• 使受惊

Definition

突然让某人吃惊或受惊，通常是因为意外的声音或动作。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常以被动语态 ('be startled by') 或主动 ('startle someone') 出现，表示突然而强烈的惊吓而非持续的害怕。常与 'startle easily', 'startled expression' 搭配。不用于小惊喜。

Examples

The loud noise startled the baby.

巨大的噪音**吓到了**婴儿。

I didn't mean to startle you.

我不是故意要**吓你**的。

The cat was startled by the barking dog.

猫被狗叫声**吓到了**。

He gets startled easily, even by little things.

他很容易被小事**吓到**。

The sudden flash of lightning really startled us.

突然的闪电真的**吓了**我们一跳。

Don’t creep up behind me like that—you’ll startle me!

别那样从后面走过来——你会**吓到**我的！