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单词 horripilation
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Definition of horripilation in English:

horripilation

noun hɒˌrɪpɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounliterary
  • The erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement.

    count noun a horripilation of dread tingled down my spine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If all of this gives you horripilation, then I'd say you were atrabilious.
    • His physical body is being attacked by weakness of limbs, parchedness of throat, horripilation and hair standing on end.
    • She told him that this extreme exaltation had been described as manifesting itself through nineteen physical symptoms, including the shedding of tears, a tremor of the body, horripilation, perspiration, and a burning sensation.
    • With this discharge - which occurs either as a humoral emission or a thermal one (horripilation, shivering) - pre-existing accruals of emotions are also eliminated.
    • We are investigating ways to mimic horripilation using patterning techniques to create regions of ordered and disordered polymers.

Derivatives

  • horripilate

  • verbhɒˈrɪpɪleɪthəˈrɪpəˌleɪt
    [no object]literary
    • Undergo horripilation, in which the hairs stand erect from the body due to cold, fear, or excitement.

      my skin horripilated and goose pimples ran up my spine
      a wild, horripilating amusement park ride

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin horripilatio(n-), from Latin horrere 'stand on end' (see horrid) + pilus 'hair'.

 
 

Definition of horripilation in US English:

horripilation

noun
literary
  • The erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement.

    count noun a horripilation of dread tingled down my spine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She told him that this extreme exaltation had been described as manifesting itself through nineteen physical symptoms, including the shedding of tears, a tremor of the body, horripilation, perspiration, and a burning sensation.
    • With this discharge - which occurs either as a humoral emission or a thermal one (horripilation, shivering) - pre-existing accruals of emotions are also eliminated.
    • His physical body is being attacked by weakness of limbs, parchedness of throat, horripilation and hair standing on end.
    • We are investigating ways to mimic horripilation using patterning techniques to create regions of ordered and disordered polymers.
    • If all of this gives you horripilation, then I'd say you were atrabilious.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin horripilatio(n-), from Latin horrere ‘stand on end’ (see horrid) + pilus ‘hair’.

 
 
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