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surprise

🇬🇧 UK/sә'praiz/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 1kIELTSA1

Definitions

v.

To cause someone to feel unexpectedly startled, pleased, or dismayed.

使某人感到意外的惊吓、愉快或失望。

n.

Something unexpected; the feeling caused by something unexpected.

意外的事;由意外事件引起的感觉。

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
surover, above
+
pristo grasp, seize, take hold of
+
esuffix
=surprise

Common Collocations

  • 1.surprise party惊喜派对
  • 2.pleasant surprise令人愉快的意外
  • 3.big surprise大惊喜

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her birthday gift was a wonderful surprise.

  • 2.

    Don't surprise me like that again!

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