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英语单词 startling
英美音标 英 ['stɑːtlɪŋ] 美 ['stɑːrtlɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.惊人的
动词startle的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) He describes the scene with startling reality.
(2) There fell upon my ears a most startling scream.
(3) The new hair do effected a startling change in her appearance.
(4) The results were quite startling -- a 77% increase in six month.
中文例句 (1) 他对那景象的描述逼真得令人惊讶。
(2) 我听到一声非常可怕的尖叫。
(3) 新发型使她的容貌产生了惊人的变化。
(4) 结果非常令人吃惊--六个月增长百分之七十七。
vocabulary简明 Something that's startling is so unexpected that it shocks or surprises you. It would be startling to open your front door and see a clown standing there.
vocabulary扩展 Startling events or circumstances aren't necessarily frightening, though they can be. A surprise party, if it's planned right, is startling, and it can be startling the first time you meet your best friend's identical twin sister. Alarm clocks, smoke alarms, and barking dogs can all be equally startling. They startle you — and startle comes from start, with its Old English root styrtan, "to leap up."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人吃惊的;惊人的;不寻常的 Something that is startling is so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise.
  • Sometimes the results may be rather startling.

    有时结果可能会令人吃惊。

  • ...startling new evidence...

    惊人的新证据

  • His hair was dyed a startling black.

    他把头发染成了令人吃惊的黑色。

startlingly
  • He was startlingly handsome...

    他帅气逼人。

  • Then, startlingly, the back door was jerked open by Binton.

    然后,令人吃惊的是,后门被宾顿猛地拉开了。

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