send shivers/chills up (and down) your spineto make you feel very frightened or excited 使人脊骨发凉,令人毛骨悚然;令人十分兴奋 The eerie howl of the siren sent chills up her spine. 怪异恐怖的汽笛声使她感到毛骨悚然。
send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine• We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines.• He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.• Stephen King's novels have sent shivers up readers' spines for more than 20 years.
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