| 单词 | trigger-happy |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrigger-happy trigger-happy adj. [happy adj. and n. Compounds 2] colloquial over-ready to shoot at anything at any time or on slight provocation; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > easily provoked to anger trigger-happy1943 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or sudden > excessively over-hastyc1443 skita1529 preproperous1555 brisk1676 trigger-happy1943 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > shooting at slight provocation trigger-happy1943 1943 F. J. Bell Condition Red 190 Yes, they missed us, and the G hereby absolves whoever it was along that section of coast that got a little trigger-happy early one December morning. 1946 Archit. Rev. 101 47/1 On the Acropolis itself a group of trigger-happy gendarmerie lounged with an assumed nonchalance by the lower entrance. 1957 Time 2 Sept. 19/1 Some trigger-happy U.S. radio commentators..helped confuse it further by proclaiming that Syria was already Russia's newest satellite. 1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxxvi. 937 It was fairly clear that the main issues now were relief and the avoidance of atrocities, which, if they occurred, would be most likely to be caused by trigger-happy young soldiers. 1974 F. Warner Meeting Ends i. ii. 7 If only you knew how trigger-happy he is when he gets a dialling tone. 1984 Miami Herald 6 Apr. 12 a/2 We have a president who is trigger-happy and who commits troops for impossible missions. < as lemmas |
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