also goose-bumps, "peculiar tingling of the skin produced by cold, fear, etc.; the sensation described as 'cold water down the back'" [Farmer], 1859, from goose (n.) + bump (n.). So called because the rough condition of the skin during the sensation resembles the skin of a plucked goose. Earlier in the same sense was goose-flesh (1803) and goose-skin (1761; as goose's skin 1744).
双语例句
1. A sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms.
房间里的什么东西把她的手臂碰青了一大块.
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2. I'll bet you had goosebumps all over you when that happened!
我打赌那时你一定浑身都起鸡皮疙瘩!
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3. Just the name Marco Van Basten alone gives me goosebumps.
