突然停止

Fear made him freeze in his tracks.

恐惧使他突然停。

The conversation fell suddenly.

谈话声突然停。

They checked their steps.

他们突然停了脚步。

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.

想想第五交响曲的谐谑曲中奇怪终的地，当音乐突然停时，定音鼓手轻轻的敲出C音，就像用手指轻敲格一样。