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

adj

Someone who's jumpy is anxious and jittery. If you've ever been so nervous that you couldn't sit still, you know how it feels to be jumpy.

This informal adjective is perfect for describing the sort of anxiety you can't hide. If you're shifting in your seat, crossing and uncrossing your legs, and nervously tapping your fingers on your knees as you wait to give a speech, you're jumpy. Jumpy also means "bumpy," as when you take a jumpy bike ride along a rocky, unpaved road.

WORD FAMILY

jumpy: jumpier, jumpiest, jumpily, jumpiness+/jump: jumped, jumper, jumping, jumps, jumpy/jumper: jumpers/jumping: jumpings

USAGE EXAMPLES

Jobless claims tend to be particularly jumpy around holidays, though the Labor Department said no special factors affected the data.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016)

Others grew jumpy at the thought of any messages cluttering an inbox that was supposed to stay pristine, and so ended up checking more frequently.

The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016)

It’s a genuine, if highly selective and jumpy, traversal of a passionately sustained career.

New York Times(Dec 01, 2016)

1adj being in a tense state

Syn

edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
tense

in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

2adj causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

Syn|Ant

bumpy, jolting, jolty, rocky, rough

smooth

of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence

单词	jumpy
释义	jumpy (once / 14432 pages) adj Someone who's jumpy is anxious and jittery. If you've ever been so nervous that you couldn't sit still, you know how it feels to be jumpy. This informal adjective is perfect for describing the sort of anxiety you can't hide. If you're shifting in your seat, crossing and uncrossing your legs, and nervously tapping your fingers on your knees as you wait to give a speech, you're jumpy. Jumpy also means "bumpy," as when you take a jumpy bike ride along a rocky, unpaved road. WORD FAMILY jumpy: jumpier, jumpiest, jumpily, jumpiness+/jump: jumped, jumper, jumping, jumps, jumpy/jumper: jumpers/jumping: jumpings USAGE EXAMPLES Jobless claims tend to be particularly jumpy around holidays, though the Labor Department said no special factors affected the data. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) Others grew jumpy at the thought of any messages cluttering an inbox that was supposed to stay pristine, and so ended up checking more frequently. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) It’s a genuine, if highly selective and jumpy, traversal of a passionately sustained career. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1adj being in a tense state Syn edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight tense in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2adj causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements Syn\|Ant bumpy, jolting, jolty, rocky, rough smooth of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
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