| 释义 |
bring (or pull) someone up shortMake someone check or pause abruptly: he was entering the office when he was brought up short by the sight of John...- As I walked out to the car this morning there was something about the sunshine that brought me up short, made me check the sky for rain clouds, the tyres for pressure and my ankles for matching socks.
- The power of the word froze Cordelia, while Joyce was brought up short by confusion.
- Yet suddenly we are brought up short by an act of heroism so obvious and yet so unexpected that one can't help feeling somewhat ashamed of one's voyeurism.
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