我們上面已經(jīng)說過,“heart”就是心, stood 就是 stand 的過去時(shí),意思是站著,still 就是靜止的、不動(dòng)的。大家可能從字面上已經(jīng)猜到 My heart stood still 的意思了。
My heart stood still 就是指某件事使你非常害怕,或驚恐,以致你的心臟都幾乎停止跳動(dòng)了。我們來舉個(gè)例子吧:
例句-1:"My heart stood still when the other car ran through the red light and I knew we were about to crash."
這個(gè)人說:“當(dāng)我看到那輛汽車穿紅燈的時(shí)候,我知道我們要撞車了。我的心都好像停止跳動(dòng)了。”
這種心情不僅會(huì)出現(xiàn)在自己處于危險(xiǎn)的時(shí)候,在看到別人遭到危險(xiǎn)的時(shí)候也同樣會(huì)產(chǎn)生類似的情景。下面這個(gè)例子就能說明這一點(diǎn):
例句-2: "I have to tell you my heart stood still when I saw that baby fall into the water. But that boy jumped right in after the kid and pulled him out before he went under —— that boy deserves amedal!"
這個(gè)人說:“我告訴你,當(dāng)我眼看那小孩掉下水去的時(shí)候真是把我嚇得幾乎連心都停止跳動(dòng)了。但是,那個(gè)年輕人立即就跳到水里,還沒等那小孩沉下水去,就把他救了出來。他真應(yīng)該得到一枚獎(jiǎng)?wù)?”