英语词汇“not to move a muscle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. not to move a muscle and variants: not to move in the slightest, to be completely motionless.

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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)]

darec1220

(not) to play paw?a1700

not to move a muscle1843

1843 E. A. Poe Tell-tale Heart in Pioneer Jan. 30/1 I kept quite still and said nothing. For another hour I did not move a muscle.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xxii. 170 We had plenty of blankets and were warm enough. We never moved a muscle all night, but waked at early dawn in the original positions.

1889 H. O'Reilly & J. Y. Nelson Fifty Years on Trail 322 I stayed quite still and never moved a muscle.

1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness ii, in Youth 128 He died without uttering a sound, without moving a limb, without twitching a muscle.

1950 G. B. Shaw Shakes versus Shav 135 Living actors have to learn that they too must be invisible while the protagonists are conversing, and therefore must not move a muscle nor change their expression.

1995 Church Times 1 Dec. 16/1 In our house we gawped at the television in rapt silence and hardly moved a muscle from beginning to end.

单词	not to move a muscle
释义	> as lemmas not to move a muscle b. not to move a muscle and variants: not to move in the slightest, to be completely motionless. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] darec1220 (not) to play paw?a1700 not to move a muscle1843 1843 E. A. Poe Tell-tale Heart in Pioneer Jan. 30/1 I kept quite still and said nothing. For another hour I did not move a muscle. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xxii. 170 We had plenty of blankets and were warm enough. We never moved a muscle all night, but waked at early dawn in the original positions. 1889 H. O'Reilly & J. Y. Nelson Fifty Years on Trail 322 I stayed quite still and never moved a muscle. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness ii, in Youth 128 He died without uttering a sound, without moving a limb, without twitching a muscle. 1950 G. B. Shaw Shakes versus Shav 135 Living actors have to learn that they too must be invisible while the protagonists are conversing, and therefore must not move a muscle nor change their expression. 1995 Church Times 1 Dec. 16/1 In our house we gawped at the television in rapt silence and hardly moved a muscle from beginning to end. extracted from musclen. < as lemmas
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