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English

1. getting goose bumps
2. to get goosebumps; to get goose pimplesunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 當皮膚受到冷刺激時，除咗會打冷震之外，汗毛下嘅豎毛肌收縮、拉動毛根，汗毛就豎起嚟，皮膚表面亦會變得緊密，形成一層保護牆，阻止體內熱量流失，於是就形成了一個個小疙瘩，睇落就好似去咗毛嘅雞皮一樣。亦比喻聽到一啲肉麻説話時會作出類似打冷震嘅反應。unreviewed?

Examples

• 聽到這條新聞我直起雞皮疙瘩，怎麼會有這樣危險的事啊？

  When I hear the news, I get goose bumps. How could there be such a dangerous thing?

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• unreviewed?

  呢度好凍啊，凍到我起晒雞皮！

  It's freezing here! I've got goosebumps!