skip a beat

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To miss a beat. literally
  2. To experience a strong emotion. broadly
    — My heart seemed to skip a beat when I parked my car at the old Safeway supermarket. My eyes gaped at the same aisles I had strolled through as a child.
  3. To momentarily falter. broadly,idiomatic
    — THE MEGHA HAD BEEN on the water for some three hours when Piya heard the engine skip a beat.

词形变化

skips a beat present,singular,third-person skipping a beat participle,present skipped a beat participle,past skipped a beat past
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