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口语中最常用的百大俗语详解:毛骨悚然(10)

make one’s hair stand on end ( 毛骨悚然 )

当我们被吓至瑰不附体时,是否会感到头发也竖了起来?这种毛骨悚然的感觉,英文成语 make one’s hair stand on end ,就是当人看到或听到某些可怕的事物而感到极度惊慌、恐惧的意思。
例: “ david is a timid boy. this ghost story makes his hair stand on end. “ 这就
是说 david 很胆小,一个鬼故事便把他吓得毛骨悚然,头发也竖直起来呢!

相 关 成 语 --- not turn a hair
与 make one’s hair stand on end 呈相反意思的成语是 not turn a hair ,解作毫不慌张,表现镇定。
例:he saw a robber, but he did not turn a hair. ( 他遇到一个劫匪,但他显得一点也不畏惧。)

翻 译 练 习
请用「make one’s hair stand on end」把这句 他经过鬼屋时,便泛起一阵毛骨悚然的感觉。 翻译成英文。

when he passed the haunted house, his hair stood on end.