horripilate

v. 使毛骨悚然

发音

UK /hɒˈɹɪpɪˌleɪt/
其它
US /hɔˈɹɪpəˌleɪt/

词形变化

horripilated horripilates 三单 horripilates horripilating horripilating 现在分词 horripilated 过去式 horripilated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.

    及物/不及物

    When Hel shrugged and changed the subject diplomatically, the nape of Diamond's neck horripilated with embarrassment.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 7

have get experience receive stir excite stimulate

词源

From Late Latin horripilātus, perfect passive participle of horripilō (“(of hairs) to bristle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from horreō (“to bristle, shiver, dread”) + pilus (“hair”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).

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