to stand on end

基本解释

It is said that fear sometimes causes the hair to stand on end.
据说恐惧有时会使毛发竖立起来。
His skin was white as that of a dead man, and his hair seemed to stand on end.
他的皮肤白得像死人，他的头发，好像都竖立了起来。
To Ananda who is still a trainee on the path, the decease of the Buddha was an occasion of terror and awe which caused his hair to stand on end.
阿难仍然是一个路上的学员，对他来讲佛的逝世是一个突然的错误而且令人惊讶的是他的头发是树立起的。
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