But most scientists call it tonic immobility, or TI.

但大多数科学家称之为强直不动， 或 TI。

Paul froze, and immobility saved his life.

保罗僵住了，不动救了他命。

The immobility of that vast bulk was peculiar.

那庞大身躯一动不动是很奇怪。

He stood stock still. His immobility was strangely terrifying.

他原地不动。他不动是奇怪可怕。

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

伊莎贝尔一动不动样子引起了我， 我瞥了她一眼。

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

他终于识到自己想要什么——再次亲吻她， 在她一动不动状态中找到安息。

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

静止不动是这个整体主要特征，任何一部静止被打破，都让人觉得不可思议。

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

然后，突然，一片寂静，一动不动。最后一次痉挛。她再也不动了。

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

她前一窝幼崽抓住她一动不动机奶。

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

识到我们可能只有五年时间弄清楚 Lubuto 不动性，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.

我盯着面具看了好一儿，它一动不动，后面眼睛闪闪发亮。

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

他一动不动， 痛苦地撕裂了她心；他一动不动地躺着， 真是太可怕了。

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动弹，他知道自己只有用自己智慧应对这种威胁。

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，将多萝西娅从她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不动，但这也是有后果行动。

(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了她嘴唇静止）我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，是木浮利用了鲨鱼生理上特点使它精疲力尽，进入了紧张性僵直状态。

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

他在那儿停留了一个小时，直到后他爸爸过把他抱了起，这样他才得以重新活动。

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

说到猫， 猫科动物妈妈可以捏住小猫后颈，并诱发另一种称为斜睡不动。