上一篇文章《英语小说阅读和翻译笔记：描写情绪》愤怒介绍关于愤怒的英语表达。
这一篇介绍另外一种情绪：恐惧。
一. 人体部位做主语呼吸：someone’s breath shook心脏：someone’s heart pounded/drummedsomeone’sheart thudded/stutteredSomeone’s heart was in someone’s throat胸膛：someone’s chest tightened with fear胃部：someone’s stomach knotted/ the pit of someone’s stomach fell血液：someone’s blood ran cold嘴巴：someone’s mouth turned dry脸：someone’s face turned ashen, white, pallid毛发：someone’s hair lifted on the nape and arms手：someone’s hands became clammy嘴唇：someone’s lips trembled脖子：someone’s tendons stood out in the neck手肘：someone’s elbows pressed into the sides脚：someone’s feet rooted to the spot肩膀：someone’s shoulders became tight眼睛：someone’s eyes appeared damp and overly bright
总结：With fear/terror/panic这一类的方式状语都可以附加在动词后面（比如someone’s break shook with fear, someone’s blood ran cold with fear.）
二. 声音做主语：
An alarm rang in someone’s mind
三. 抽象名词做主语
1. 及物动词Fear splintered someone’s heartFear twisted someone’s gutFear hit someone like icy waterFear paralyzed someonePanic assailed someone
2. 不及物动词Worry snaked through someoneWorry gnawed at someoneFear clawed through herA chill went through someone
总结：把恐惧情绪想象成是一种动物，比如蠕动的蛇，比如咬啮的老鼠，比如挥爪的老虎，就能够很容易想出上面的前三个短语。
四. 人物做主语Someone shiveredSomeone flinchedSomeone shook uncontrollablySomeone gripped something, knuckles going whiteSomeone was barely able to breathesomeone bit back a screamSomeone held back a scream/crySomeone blinked rapidlySomeone lowered someone’s voice to a whisperSomeone held someone’s breath, gulping down breaths to stay quietSomeone licked someone’s lips, gulping down waterSomeone swept a hand across the forehead to get ride of sweatSomeone felt shakiness in the limbSomeone felt dizziness/weakness in the legs and kneesSomeone felt a loosening of the bladderSomeone felt a chest paintSomeone felt a spike of adrenaline
五. It形式主语It chilled his soul
总结：体现外在力量对人的直接影响。
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