| 单词 | finely-strung |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinely-strung b. With prefixed adverb, finely-strung, highly strung adj. at highly adv. Compounds: said of persons with reference to their nervous organization or condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated agitable1603 wincing1603 nervous1740 nervo-sanguineous1807 alarmable1813 intense1817 tense1821 finely-strung1841 flutterable1891 nerve-ridden1892 shockable1893 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 164 For when your finely strung people are out of sorts they must have everybody else unhappy likewise. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 56 When there was nothing to decide upon,..Ruth's mind relaxed from its strung-up state. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xviii On Waif's strung nerves and weary frame it jarred acutely. 1900 Daily News 17 May 3/2 The strung thought, intense vision of statesmen. 1910 B. Capes Jemmy Abercraw ii. xvii She stopped, and faced about, her eyes burning, strung passion in her attitude. 1933 M. de la Roche Master of Jalna xv. 198 She worries greatly over the child and that keeps her in a strung-up state. 1967 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. 22 ‘These are very strung-out kids with individual hang-ups,’ said Jim Fouratt..describing the modern runaway. 1974 M. Haskell From Reverence to Rape 208 Martha Vickers' spoiled, strung-out younger sister. 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels ix. 137 You don't think she might Have——? Oh, Christ! She was strung up when she left me. We both were. 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Mar. t1/5 She takes to the streets daily in response to calls from tenants to investigate nuisance neighbours who might be strung out emotionally. < as lemmas |
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