be startled, start;〔衝撃を受ける〕be shocked
- 物音にぎょっとして鹿は森に駆け込んだ
- Startled at [by] the noise, the deer ran into the woods.
- 黒い人影を見てぎょっとした
- I started at the sight of a dark figure.
- 息子の言葉遣いが悪いのを聞いてぎょっとした
- I was shocked to hear my son's rough language.
- ぎょっとして立ちすくんだ
- Petrified (with fear), I stopped dead in my tracks.