"startle" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使喫驚
• 使受驚

Definition

突然讓某人喫驚或受驚，通常是因爲意外的聲音或動作。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常以被動語態 ('be startled by') 或主動 ('startle someone') 出現，表示突然而強烈的驚嚇而非持續的害怕。常與 'startle easily', 'startled expression' 搭配。不用於小驚喜。

Examples

The loud noise startled the baby.

巨大的噪音**嚇到了**嬰兒。

I didn't mean to startle you.

我不是故意要**嚇你**的。

The cat was startled by the barking dog.

貓被狗叫聲**嚇到了**。

He gets startled easily, even by little things.

他很容易被小事**嚇到**。

The sudden flash of lightning really startled us.

突然的閃電真的**嚇了**我們一跳。

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

別那樣從後面走過來——你會**嚇到**我的！