| 单词 | jay-feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjay-feather jay-feather n. esp. in Scottish phrase to set up one's jay-feathers (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > be or become irritated [verb (intransitive)] enchafec1380 fume and chafec1522 chafe1525 to fret and fume1551 rankle1582 to lose patience, one's temper1622 pique1664 to have no patience with1682 ruffle1719 to be out of the way (with)1740 echinate1792 nettle1810 to get one's dander up1831 to set up one's jay-feathers1880 hackle1935 to get off one's bike1939 1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘She made sic a rampaging, that I was obliged to set up my jay-feathers at her’, Roxb. The expression contains a ludicrous allusion to the mighty airs of a jackdaw, when in bad humour. < as lemmas |
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