| 单词 | spine-chilling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspine-chilling spine-chilling adj. and n. inspiring excitement and terror, horrifying. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > causing pleasure mixed with horror blood-tingling1871 spine-freezing1937 spine-chilling1946 spine-tingling1955 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > pleasure mixed with horror > causing spine-chilling1946 1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far i. ii. 20 A sweet and—as he hoped—wholly spine-chilling smile. 1958 New Statesman 25 Jan. 103/1 With unerring instinct H. G. Clouzot, the spine-chilling specialist of The Wages of Fear and The Fiends, has sought a new tension in Picasso. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 July 389/3 As an exercise in spine-chilling and blood-curdling, Caves of Night is masterly. 1960 H. S. Agar Saving Remnant v. 127 ‘What, still so many Jews?’—that spine-chilling comment. 1983 Listener 10 Feb. 16/3 She realised that I was retailing an antiquarian donnish history instead of the mildly spine-chilling ghost story she expected. < as lemmas |
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