🌟 덜컥

  Adverb  

1. 갑자기 놀라거나 무서워서 가슴이 내려앉는 모양.

1. WITH A THUD; WITH A THUMP: A word describing one's heart almost stopping because one is very surprised or scared.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 가슴이 덜컥 내려앉다.
    One's heart flutters.
  • 겁이 덜컥 나다.
    Be frightened out of one's wits.
  • 승규는 혼자 집을 지키다가 덜컥 겁이 나서 이불 속으로 숨었다.
    Seung-gyu was guarding the house by himself and was suddenly frightened and hid under the quilt.
  • 엄마는 아이가 없어진 것을 알아차리고 가슴이 덜컥 내려앉았다.
    The mother found out that the child was missing and her heart sank.
  • 어젯밤에 김 선생님이 돌아가셨다는 소식 들었어?
    Did you hear about mr. kim's death last night?
    응, 그 얘기를 듣고 순간 가슴이 덜컥 내려앉았어.
    Yeah, my heart sank when i heard that.

2. 어떤 일이 갑자기 일어나는 모양.

2. SUDDENLY: A word describing an incident suddenly occurring.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 덜컥 그만두다.
    Stop abruptly.
  • 덜컥 멈추다.
    Stop abruptly.
  • 덜컥 사 버리다.
    Buy it all of a sudden.
  • 덜컥 저지르다.
    To make a snap.
  • 승규는 대책도 없이 덜컥 학교를 그만두었다.
    Seung-gyu abruptly quit school without any countermeasures.
  • 지수는 마음에 드는 물건이면 가격은 생각하지 않고 덜컥 사 버린다.
    Jisoo buys anything she likes without thinking about the price.
  • 여보, 남한테 그렇게 덜컥 돈을 빌려주면 어떻게 해요!
    Honey, how could you lend money to someone so abruptly!
    친한 친구니까 믿고 빌려주는 거지요.
    They're good friends, so they're trusting and lending.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 덜컥 (덜컥)
📚 Derivative: 덜컥거리다: 갑자기 놀라거나 무서워서 가슴이 몹시 두근거리다. 덜컥대다: 갑자기 놀라거나 무서워서 가슴이 몹시 두근거리다. 덜컥하다: 갑자기 몹시 놀라거나 무서워서 가슴이 내려앉다.

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