surprise /sә'praiz/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
- (n.) a sudden unexpected event
- (n.) the act of surprising someone
Chinese translation
- n. 惊奇, 奇袭, 诧异
- vt. 使惊奇, 撞见, 奇袭
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun / verb
- Pronunciation
- /sә'praiz/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.75 · Rare
Word forms
surprised, surprises, surprising
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