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单词 uneasy
释义 un·easy
I. \“+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English unesy, from un- (I) + esy easy
1.
 a. archaic : causing physical discomfort : uncomfortable
  < why rather, sleep, liest thou … upon uneasy pallets — Shakespeare >
 b. archaic : causing mental discomfort : distressing
  < a great and uneasy disappointment — Samuel Johnson >
 c. obsolete : disagreeable in behavior : annoying
  < a sour … nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him — Joseph Addison >
2. archaic
 a. : not easy : difficult
  < the road will be uneasy to find — Sir Walter Scott >
  < I think it not uneasy to get the cause — Shakespeare >
 b. : hard to traverse — used especially of a road or watercourse
  < the flood … roars horrible along the uneasy race — John Dryden >
3. : marked by lack of ease : awkward, embarrassed
 < gave an uneasy laugh >
 < an uneasy … silence fell on the group — John Steinbeck >
4. : mentally upset : worried, apprehensive
 < uneasy about his health >
 < uneasy at the threat of expulsion — American Guide Series: California >
5.
 a. : restless, unquiet
  < the first uneasy stir of the sleeper — Lewis Mumford >
  < the uneasy atmosphere of the city — Winifred Bambrick >
 b. : choppy, troubled
  < uneasy waters >
6. : precarious, unstable
 < an uneasy coalition government >
 < an uneasy peace >
II. adverb
: uneasily
 < uneasy lies the head that wears a crown — Shakespeare >
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