英语词汇“on edge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

on edge

Tense, nervous, or irritable: never had she felt so on edge before an interview...

The Democrats are daring to hope and the Republicans are testy and on edge.
She couldn't help but notice that he looked a little on edge, as if he was nervous or something.
We were all on edge with the sort of nervous energy needed to focus the mind.

Synonyms

tense, nervous, edgy, highly strung, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, ill at ease, unsettled, unstable;

excitable, twitchy, jumpy, keyed up, fidgety, restive, skittish, neurotic, brittle, hysterical;

sensitive, insecure;

irritable, touchy, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly;

British nervy

informal uptight, wired

See parent entry: edge

单词	on edge
释义	on edge Tense, nervous, or irritable: never had she felt so on edge before an interview... The Democrats are daring to hope and the Republicans are testy and on edge. She couldn't help but notice that he looked a little on edge, as if he was nervous or something. We were all on edge with the sort of nervous energy needed to focus the mind. Synonyms tense, nervous, edgy, highly strung, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, ill at ease, unsettled, unstable; excitable, twitchy, jumpy, keyed up, fidgety, restive, skittish, neurotic, brittle, hysterical; sensitive, insecure; irritable, touchy, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly; British nervy informal uptight, wired See parent entry: edge
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