chill to the bone，毛骨悚然

还记得关于 chill 的习语 take a chill pill 的寓意吗？今天又多了一个关于 chill 的习语 chill to the done，字面意思是“冷到骨子里了”，可以意为“寒彻骨 ，寒气刺骨，毛骨悚然，一阵寒意”，寓意：

to get frightened or scare somebody

吓到某人

to be very cold

很冷

to feel unpleasantly cold

令人不快的寒冷

feel very chilly and frosty

感觉很冷很冷

to make someone feel very scared

使某人感到非常害怕

它还有一个表达方式：a chill to the marrow.

例如：

The movie they played on cable last night gave me a chill to the bone. I will not be watching a night time movie anymore.

他们昨晚在有线电视上播放的那部电影使我毛骨悚然。我将再也不会看夜间电影了。

解析：此句中 cable = cable television，意为“有线电视”，是不可数名词。

Passing from nearby a graveyard at night gives me a chill to the bone.

晚上从附近的一个墓地经过，我感到一阵寒意。

解析：动名词短语 passing from nearby a graveyard at night 作主语，谓语用单数。

He got a chill to the bone when the teacher caught him cheating in the examination. He was barred from giving it again for two years straight.

当老师发现他考试作弊时，他吓得要命。他被连续两年禁止再考试。

解析：动名词短语 cheating in the examination 在句中作直接宾语 him 的宾语补足语，且与 him 有逻辑上的主动关系。

She discovered all of his dark secrets after the wedding and it gave her a chill to the bone.

婚礼后，她发现了他所有的秘密，这让她感到毛骨悚然。

After shoveling snow for hours, I am just chilled to the bone.

铲了几个小时的雪，我冷得要命。

解析：after 引导的状语从句的主语和主句的主语一致，可省略状语从句的主语和 be 动词。

The wind from the mountain chilled us to the bone.

山上的风把我们冻得透不过气来。

When I heard the scrapping noise on the door after the horror movie ended, I got a chill to the bone.

当我听到恐怖电影结束后门上的刮擦声时，我感到一阵寒意。