But most scientists call it tonic immobility, or TI.

但大多数科学家称之为强直， 或 TI。

Paul froze, and immobility saved his life.

保罗僵住，救他命。

The immobility of that vast bulk was peculiar.

那庞大身躯一是很奇怪。

He stood stock still. His immobility was strangely terrifying.

他原地。他是奇怪可怕。

Something in Isabel's immobility attracted my attention, and I glanced at her.

伊莎贝尔一样子引起我注意， 我一眼。

He had realized at last what he wanted—to kiss her again, to find rest in her great immobility.

他终于意识到自己想要什么——再次亲吻， 在一状态中找到安息。

Immobility being the chief characteristic of that whole which the person formed portion of, the discontinuance of immobility in any quarter suggested confusion.

静止是这个整体主要特征，任何一部静止被打破，都让人觉得可思议。

Then, suddenly, came silence, immobility. One last convulsive spasm. And she moved no more.

然后，突然，一片寂静，一。最后一次痉挛。再也。

The young of her previous litter seized the moment of her immobility to nurse.

前一窝幼崽抓住一机会来喂奶。

It was scary to realize that we may just have five years to figure out the immobility of Lubuto.

意识到我们可能只有五年时间来弄清楚 Lubuto 性，这让我们感到恐惧。

For some time I stared at the mask, with its grotesque immobility and the flash of eyes behind it.

我盯着面具看好一会儿，它一，后面眼睛闪闪发亮。

His immobility rent her heart with anguish; it was terrifying that he should lie so still.

他一， 痛苦地撕裂心；他一地躺着， 真是太可怕。

Now, Paul held himself in near catatonic immobility, knowing he had only his wits to meet this threat.

现在，保罗几乎紧张得无法弹，他知道自己只有用自己智慧来应对这种威胁。

The memories which made this resource utterly hopeless were a new current that shook Dorothea out of her pallid immobility.

使这种资源完全无望记忆是一股新潮流，将多萝西娅从苍白静止状态中摇醒。

And I think a lot of people just tend to see plants as background scenery, assuming that their immobility makes them uninteresting.

我知道很多人只是倾向于把植物视作背景，认为静止状态让它们显得很无趣。

The vision made him want to freeze into immobility, but this, too, was action with its consequences.

这个幻象让他想僵住，但这也是有后果行。

(With a faint laugh which disturbs only momentarily the immobility of her lips) And will I like being called a jazz-baby?

美女：（微弱笑声只是暂时扰乱嘴唇静止）我会喜欢被称为爵士乐宝贝吗？

But in fact the float exploits a quirk in shark biology, exhausting it so much, it enters a state known as tonic immobility.

事实上，是木浮利用鲨鱼生理上特点使它精疲力尽，进入紧张性僵直状态。

He stayed there for an hour until finally his father came and picked him up, freeing him from his immobility.

他在那儿停留一个小时，直到后来他爸爸过来把他抱起来，这样他才得以重新活。

Speaking of cats, feline mothers can pinch the napes of their kittens’ necks and induce another kind of immobility called clipnosis.

说到猫， 猫科物妈妈可以捏住小猫后颈，并诱发另一种称为斜睡。