| 单词 | horripilation |
| 释义 | horripilation (once / 393978 pages) n WORD FAMILY horripilation: horripilations+/horripilate: horripilated, horripilating, horripilation USAGE EXAMPLESHorripilation, hor-i-pi-lā′shun, n. a contraction of the cutaneous muscles causing the erection of the hairs and the condition known as goose-flesh.—v.t. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) But, suddenly, through all the horripilation there seemed to shine a light. Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine, Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl(2010) The whole company were in a state of horripilation. Roussel, John, The Silver Lining—A Guernsey Story(2010) n reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation Syn|Hyper goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, pilomotor reflex inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
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