Startle response
吃惊反应
🧩 词语组成解析
startle
['stɑrtl]
vt. 使震惊，使大吃一惊;使惊跳，使惊吓;
vi. 惊吓;受惊;惊跳;
n. 惊愕;惊恐;震惊，吃惊;惊跳;
start开始+ le 表动词 → 突然开始动起来 → 使惊吓
🗣️ 情景例句
And Alexandra brought us a pumpkin pie. Alexandra
Alexandra 给我们带来了一个南瓜派。
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌不费分文而可赢得一切。
This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德。布洛斯就是一个例子。