英['stɑːtl]美['stɑːrtl]
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【同源词】start来自古义start，跳动，跳起，-le，表反复。引申比喻义吃惊，震惊。
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小知识
To startle is to jump, like when you're surprised. If you’re sneaking through a dark room and step on a sleeping dog’s tail — you might startle the dog. If she barks, that dog startles you right back!
A startle is a quick, sharp movement, like a little jump that happens when you’re surprised or suddenly scared. If you sneak up on your mom and say “Boo!” you’ll startle her and she might jump up in her seat (before she yells at you to quit it). Alarm clocks and barking dogs often startle people. The original meaning of startle, around 1300, was “to run back and forth,” from the Old English word styrtan, “to leap up.”
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词语辨析
stun，astound，astonish，surprise，amaze，startle
这组词都有“使惊愕，使惊讶，使惊奇”的意思，其区别是：stun语气最强，指极度惊讶而目瞪口呆，不知所措。astound语气强，指由于事情令人难以置信或实在罕见而使人感到震惊。astonish语气较强，指出乎预料，意外发生，但又无法解释而感到惊奇。surprise普通用词，多指因未预料或意外的事而引起的惊奇之感。amaze语气较强，指因认为不可能或极少可能发生情况的出现而感到惊讶或迷惑不解。startle指因突然的惊吓或意料不到的刺激等而使人惊跳或震惊。
同源单词
start
同义词辨析
alarm, frighten, startle, terrify, scare, intimidate
这些动词均有”惊吓，惊恐”之意。