| 词组 | by surprise |
| 释义 | (redirected from by surprise)take (one) by surpriseTo encounter or otherwise engage something or someone who is not prepared or on guard; to shock or startle someone or something by one's sudden appearance or action. You took me by surprise when you showed up at my office with flowers this afternoon! Our soldiers descended upon the enemy encampment just before daybreak and took their troops entirely by surprise. take someone or something by surpriseto startle or surprise someone or something. She bolted into the room and took them by surprise. I took the little bird by surprise, and it flew away. take someone by surpriseand catch someone by surpriseto startle someone; to surprise someone with something unexpected. Oh! You took me by surprise because I didn't hear you come in. Bill caught his mother by surprise by coming to the door and pretending to be selling something. take by surpriseEncounter unexpectedly, as in The rainshower took us by surprise. [Late 1600s] |
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