突然停止

Fear made him freeze in his tracks.

恐惧使他突然停止前进。

The conversation fell suddenly.

谈话声突然停止。

They checked their steps.

他们突然停止了脚步。

Think of the transfixingly strange Scherzo of the Fifth Symphony, when the music effectively stops moving and the timpanist drums lightly on the note C like a finger tapping on a pane.

想想第五交响曲谐谑曲中奇怪终止，乐突然停止时，定鼓手轻轻敲出C，就像用手指轻敲格一样。