But why should I have been startled by this reply?

不过，对他的回答我还用得着诧异吗？

It had been so still for hours and hours that it startled them.

因为好几个时以来这里都是一片寂静，这声音把她们吓一跳。

He startles, apparently unaware of the intrusion.

他吃一惊，显然，他没有意识到自己越界。

Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell.

把指顶花蛊里的蜜蜂惊吓。

Startled, Phaethon sharply pulled the reins.

Phaethon 惊恐地攥紧。

Sorry we startled you. ha ha.

抱歉我们吓着你。

Petunia shrieked and ran backward toward the swings, but Lily, though clearly startled, remained where she was.

佩尖叫一声，转身朝秋千跑去，莉莉显然也吓一跳，但待在原地没动。

Then an alarm clock goes off, startling both women.

之后闹钟响 吓坏两个女人。

More likely though, your startle reaction will be based on sight.

但是，更有可能的是，你的惊吓反应将基于你的视觉。

My body was discovered by my neighbor Mrs. Martha Huber, who'd been startled by a strange popping sound.

我的尸体是被我的邻居Martha Huber发现的，她被这突如其来的声音吓一跳。

Nor did I startle her. She didn't see me.

我没有惊吓到她。她也没有看我。

Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. -Uh...who are you?

抱歉。无意惊吓你。-你是谁？

Startled, both boys stopped abruptly and stared up the slope.

两个男孩都吓一跳，突然停下来，朝坡上望去。

Strickland interrupted my reflections with an observation the profound cynicism of which startled me.

我的沉思被思特里克兰德的话声打断，他说一句非常尖刻的话，使我大吃一惊。

My voice startled them and they scurried up the tree in front of me.

我的声音吓它们一跳，它们急忙爬到我前面的树上。

Startled, the man dropped his bucket down the well and spun around.

那个男人吓一跳。水桶掉到井里。他迅转过身来。

" Three hundred pounds" ! cried Passepartout, startled at the largeness of the sum.

" 三百英镑？" 路路通嚷着问，他就是对罚款数目特别敏感。

The Raptors rush in initially in hopes of startling the herd.

迅猛龙冲进去，希望惊散腱龙群。

Similar to the knee-jerk response, a startle can be involuntary and quite fast.

类似于膝跳反射，惊吓可以是非自主的，而且发生得非常快。

So perhaps any kind of novel marking can startle an unsuspecting carnivore.

因此，也许任何一种新标记都能吓到毫不设防的食肉动物。