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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.
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