| 单词 | jittery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈjittery ˈjittery adj. nervy, jumpy, upset, ‘on edge’; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > nervous nervous1740 nerve-shaken1818 twitchety1859 nervy1873 trepidatious1904 all of a wonk1918 spooky1926 squirrelly1928 jittery1931 spooked1937 hinky1956 psyched1961 nattery1966 1931 H. Crane Let. 1 May (1965) 369 I'm too jittery to write a straight sentence. 1937 Daily Mirror 27 Feb. 10/4 Stop being so jittery. What if we have missed the bus? There will be another later. 1941 Penguin New Writing 10 23 Jittery light sprang on the screen. 1946 Mind 55 137 There is the effect of their [sc. the Wittgensteinians'] therapy upon ordinary philosophers. Under its attack, the latter tend, in general, to become ‘jittery’ and to retreat into worried silence. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 viii. 153 Barrington made 33, in his more jittery manner, before flicking at an outswinger and being caught at slip. 1970 B. W. Aldiss Moment of Eclipse 47 Nobody gets jittery down there? 1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 88 279 Clutched-up, jittery, stirred-up, fearful. < as lemmas |
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