معنى كلمة startle | الترجمة والشرح والأمثلة

معنى كلمة startle بالعربي

يجفل

النطق: /ˈstɑːt(ə)l/ | /ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/

نوع الكلمة: verb

مستوى الكلمة: B1

startle

To startle means to scare someone suddenly.

The loud crash startled the sleeping woman.

The figure of a man heaving in sight amidst these wide solitudes, always causes a startle and thrill of expectation and doubt, similar to the feeling produced by the announcement of " a strange sail ahead" on shipboard, during a long voyage.
a horse that startles easily
Why shrinks the soul / Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
He felt, too, that he was acting unjustly by Ethel: he had allowed a fortnight to elapse—he startled when he numbered up the days; it is strange how we allow them to glide imperceptibly away.
The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us.

startles, startling, startled

Use “startle” to describe an action or state. Check whether it takes an object and notice the prepositions used with it in the example.

Connect the English word “startle” with its Arabic meaning “يجفل”. Then write one short sentence of your own.