单词 | itchy |
释义 | itchy (once / 24220 pages) adj If you're itchy, you've got a rash or a spot on your skin that you really want to scratch. Mosquito bites are notoriously itchy, and the least fun thing about summer time. Poison ivy, hives, bug bites, sunburn, lice — all of these things make you itchy, and it might even make you feel itchy just to think about them. A figurative way to be itchy is to be antsy or restless, and if someone has "itchy feet," it means they like to roam or travel, staying on the move. If, on the other hand, they have "itchy palms," they can't be trusted not to steal things. WORD FAMILYitchy: itchily, itchiness+/itch: itched, itches, itching, itchy/itching: itchings USAGE EXAMPLESDry, itchy skin is a common companion when the humidity drops, especially as we get older. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The itchy biters, nightmarishly difficult to eradicate, almost drove her back to Silver Spring right then and there. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) According to the internet, in Estonian her name means “itchy”. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) 1adj causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite Syn painful causing physical or psychological pain 2adj nervous and unable to relax Syn antsy, fidgety, fretful tense in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
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