"deer in the headlights" 怎么发音
expression
DEER in thuh HED-laits
DEE-uh in thuh HED-laits
释义
Looking shocked, scared, or frozen when surprised or under pressure, like how a deer freezes when it sees headlights.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈdɪɹ/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈhɛdˌɫaɪts
英式英语
dˈiə/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /hˈɛdlaɪts
简化发音
美式
DEER in thuh HED-laits
英式
DEE-uh in thuh HED-laits
语境中听
When the teacher called on him, he looked like a deer in the headlights.
She stood there like a deer in the headlights, not knowing what to say.
When he forgot his lines, he was a deer in the headlights on stage.
I asked him a simple question and he just stood there, a total deer in the headlights.