【口语】惊慌失措

phrase: Like a duck in thunder

    字面意思很清楚了:“像暴风雨中的鸭子”。那么,鸭子遇到狂风暴雨会有什么反应呢?据说它们会被吓得眼珠翻过去,然后仰头倒下。看来,这反应是够大的,怪不得要用“likeaduck in thunder”来形容惊慌失措呢。

    例如:
    He stands there like a duck in thunder.    他站在那,惊慌失措。

    同义对比 panic
    希腊牧羊神潘(Pan)的样子十分丑陋,下半身是羊,上半身是人,头上还长着羊角。他爱吹芦笛,吹得非常悦耳。不过,他似乎也喜欢恶作剧,晚上常常在荒野发出一些恐怖声音,使人听了心惊胆战。他又曾经在酒神巴克斯(Bacchus)领导的一次战争里,教巴克斯全军晚上一起高声喊杀,把敌军吓得慌忙遁走。所以,“无法遏止的惊怖”英国人就叫做panic(Pan+ic)。

    例如:There was a lot of panic during the air raid. (空袭的时候,很多人都惊慌失措 )。

    Panic也可以做动词,第三人称单数现在式是panics、过去式、现在分词是panicked、panicking,
    例如:He panicked(他惊慌失措)。

    近似例句比较:
    1. Don't anybody hit the panic button! Everything's going to be all right.
        大家不要惊慌失措,一切都会没事儿的。

    2. I can't believe he wrote me this threatening letter. Of all the nerve!
        我不敢相信他会写给我这样的恐吓信,真是让人惊慌不安

    3. There's no need to get out of joint over this.
        没有必要为此惊慌失措。

    4. Don't lose your head.
        别惊慌失措。

    5. We were dismayed at the news.
        听到这消息,我们感到惊慌。

    6. The obsession with Soviet intentions causes the West to be smug
        during periods of detente and panicky during crisis.
        由于对苏联的竭力纠缠不清,使得西方在缓和时期沾沾自喜,在危机时期又惊慌失措。

    7. They marched in darkness that was pitch and bumped into each other blindly,  
         but they did not panic.  
         他们在漆黑的夜色中行进,盲目地你撞我我撞你,可是他们并不惊慌。

    8. Once or twice, I recall, I experienced a moment of fear and it was fear bordering on panic.
        我回想起有一两次我感受到片刻的恐惧,这是几乎到了惊慌失措的程度的恐惧。

    9. He was really in a funk.
        他确实惊慌得很。
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  • kelly (2008-2-19 20:06:24)

    My friend, don stands there like a duck in thunder,
    come over here, i'll protect ya
  • shadow (2008-2-19 20:59:28)

    how you going to protect me?
  • wikay (2008-2-20 11:36:28)

    OK then how about sitting ducks?
  • sandy913 (2008-2-20 11:47:26)

    dunno ler...
  • wikay (2008-2-20 12:09:27)

    it is much easier to hit ducks when they are sitting on the water than when they are in flight.
  • sandy913 (2008-2-20 12:38:08)

    hahaha~~~ the scene will be very funny!
  • wikay (2008-2-21 12:43:28)

    ducks hunting is a lot of fun too
  • sandy913 (2008-2-21 13:04:25)

    u try before???
  • wikay (2008-2-21 13:26:04)

    yeah... want to try?
  • sandy913 (2008-2-21 15:09:32)

    huh.... hunting duck wor... sound like very 刺激~~~
  • shadow (2008-2-21 20:06:06)

    where can try??
  • wikay (2008-2-22 12:11:17)

    of cause here in US
    thee r more ducks here than there
  • shadow (2008-2-22 12:43:12)

    us got many duck ?
  • wikay (2008-2-22 12:59:33)

    a lot wor m'sia got or not?
  • sandy913 (2008-2-22 16:36:46)

    how about hunting chicken?
  • shadow (2008-2-22 19:51:11)

    how to hunt?
  • wikay (2008-2-23 11:31:48)

    hunting chicken not that fun lor
    duck better
  • sandy913 (2008-2-23 11:39:10)

    i tot hunting chicken more harder than hunting duck.. hehe!
  • wikay (2008-2-23 11:47:28)

    usually go to a pond
  • sandy913 (2008-2-23 12:59:05)

    shadow interested huh?