| 单词 | hair-trigger |
| 释义 | hair-triggeradjective [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 nightclubbrawls. A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of warat any time. Synonyms: volatile More Synonyms of hair trigger hair trigger in British Englishnoun 1. a trigger of a firearm that responds to very slight pressure 2. informal a. any mechanism, reaction, etc, set in operation by slight provocation b. (as modifier) a hair-trigger temper hair-trigger in British English (ˌhɛəˈtrɪɡə) adjective set in operation by slight provocation His boozing, arrogance, and hair-trigger temper have often led him into ugly nightclubbrawls. A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of warat any time. hair trigger in American English a trigger so delicately adjusted that a very slight pressure on it discharges the firearm hair-trigger in American English (ˈhɛrˌtrɪgər) adjective set in motion or operation by a very slight impulse Word origin see hair triggerSynonyms of 'hair trigger'volatile More Synonyms of hair trigger |
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