0 to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal -- 使大吃一驚；使受驚，使嚇一跳
The results of these exercises are often startling.
One weakness immediately presents itself, the obvious novelty of the theoretical field for many contributors, yielding blunders startling in published work.
The imbalance in the number of people living in the set number of constituencies in each region, however, is startling.
The judgment was peculiar in that it relied upon absence to startling effect.
This assertion would have been unremarkable in 1901; in 2001 it probably looks fresh and maybe even startling to many readers.
Under conditions of threat, the eye-blink startle response is larger than under neutral or positive conditions.
These parallel unfoldings are too startling to be accidental, and thematically too closely connected to be brushed aside or dealt with in isolation.
The sudden open space after the road walk was startling and made my presence feel insignificant.
