Panic-stricken and at a loss for what to do; flustered and confounded.
失措失去常态。由于惊慌，一下子不知怎么办才好。
《北齐书·元晖业传》（元）孝友临刑，惊慌失措，晖业神色自若。”
When the fire alarm went off, everyone was惊慌失措.
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