| 词汇 | stop someone in their tracks |
| 释义 | Idiom stop someone in their tracksstop (someone) in (their) tracks if something stops someone in their tracks, or if they stop in their tracks, they suddenly stop what they are doing because they are so surprised.A loud scream stopped me dead in my tracks.He opened the door and stopped in his tracks. A complete stranger was sitting in his office. stop (someone or something) (dead) in its/(one's) tracksTo make someone or something stop or come to a complete halt immediately or very suddenly. Hearing the gunshot in the distance stopped us both dead in our tracks. Boy, Samantha could stop you in her tracks with her smile! stop someone in their tracksorstop someone dead in their tracksCOMMON If something stops you in your tracks or stops you dead in your tracks, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing because you are very surprised or frightened. Seen across wide fields of corn this magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks. Note: You can also say that someone stops in their tracks or stops dead in their tracks. They stopped in their tracks and stared at him in amazement. They turned round. And then they stopped dead in their tracks, their hearts beating fast. Somebody was behind them. |
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