| 单词 | stop/halt (dead) in your tracks |
| 释义 | stop/halt (dead) in your tracksstop/halt (dead) in your tracks STOP MOVINGto suddenly stop, especially because something has frightened or surprised you 〔尤指因惊吓而〕突然停下 Examples from the Corpus stop/halt (dead) in your tracks• It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry.• The people had stopped in their tracks, women were making their children stand behind them.• I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.• People stop in their tracks and stare.• Petey stopped dead in his tracks at the question.• Blue speaks her name, in a voice that seems strange to him, and she stops dead in her tracks.• A dreadful thought struck Jean, and she stopped in her tracks, right in the middle of the pavement.• An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map. → stop/halt (dead) in your tracks at track1(4) |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含283110条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。