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spine-chilling

/spahyn-chil-ing/US // ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl ɪŋ //

令人毛骨悚然的,令人毛骨悚然,令人毛骨悚然的是,令人毛骨耸然的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : very frightening or horrifying.

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Examples

  • Morris struggled to straighten his back, which involved stiffening a spine rarely used.

  • The results were awful: marked osteoporosis in the spine, hip, and femur.

  • But the simultaneously gripping and chilling hold of Serial is that its characters are real people.

  • He survived, Risner says, but was left permanently injured by a bullet to his spine.

  • It is a joy to watch Shafer seamlessly work incisive commentary on contemporary life into a fast-paced spine-chiller.

  • Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.

  • A cold, numbing sensation stole down my spine and made my legs grow suddenly weak.

  • A shudder ran down his spine; there was a sensation of inner cold against his heart; he trembled, but he could not look away.

  • He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.

  • He felt as if his spine had suddenly become hollow and someone had filled it with particles of ice.