猛然想起 meaning in Chinese

recall sth. suddenly

And then , all of a sudden , he stopped , and his jaw drooped as though he had remembered something
然后他突然打住，他的下巴向下张开，就像他猛然想起了什么。
This was lucky ; he was about to begin to groan , as a " starter , " as he called it , when it occurred to him that if he came into court with that argument , his aunt would pull it out , and that would hurt
他真是太运气了他正打算开始呻吟，用他的话说这叫“开场白” ，这时他猛然想起如果他提出这个理由来应付的话，他姨妈就会当真把这颗牙拔出来，那将偷鸡不成反蚀一把米。