单词 | hair-trigger |
释义 | hair-trigger adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as hair-trigger, you mean that it is likely to change very violently and suddenly. His boozing, arrogance, and hair-trigger temper have often led him into ugly nightclub brawls. A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of war at any time. Synonyms: volatile Collocations: hair-trigger temper But she has a hair-trigger temper she can't control. The Sun Our father's death also gave him a sense of anger, and he developed a really explosive hair-trigger temper. Times, Sunday Times In this case, it's his hair-trigger temper. Times, Sunday Times He has a hair-trigger temper, and as such can cause a lot of trouble without thinking about it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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