jumpy

英 [ˈdʒʌmpi]

美 [ˈdʒʌmpi]

adj.  胆战心惊的; 提心吊胆的; 紧张不安的

BNC.22717 / COCA.20535

牛津词典

adj.

• 胆战心惊的；提心吊胆的；紧张不安的
  nervous and anxious, especially because you think that sth bad is going to happen

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 坐立不安的；胆战心惊的
  If you arejumpy, you are nervous or worried about something.
  1. I told myself not to be so jumpy...
     我告诉自己别这么提心吊胆的。
  2. When he spoke his voice was jumpy.
     他说话的时候声音听起来很紧张。

英英释义

adj

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
  1. a rough ride
  Synonym:roughrockybumpyjoltyjolting
• being in a tense state
  Synonym:edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitterynervyoverstrungrestiveuptight

双语例句

• Your partner's a little jumpy.
  你的伴侣可能有点容易激动。
• The refugees are still jumpy, although they are now in safety.
  难民虽然已经到了安全地带，还是战战兢兢的。
• The people on the screen are really moving in a normal way, and not in a jumpy fashion.
  屏幕上的人物真的以正常的方式活动，而不是跳跃式的。
• The old lady knew that something was going to happen, and she was very jumpy.
  这老太太知道要出事了，于是吓得心惊肉跳。
• The jumpy mother is always cross with her children.
  这个神经质的母亲老是对孩子发脾气。
• She described Mr Hutchinson as nervous and jumpy after his wife's disappearance.
  据她描述，哈钦森先生自从妻子失踪后变得神经兮兮、一惊一乍的。
• I knew that something was going to happen, and I was very jumpy.
  我知道就要发生什么事，我心惊肉跳得厉害。
• Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.
  易焦虑的或易痛苦的；神经激动或神经紧张。
• They didn't yell or try to disrupt our events, although they still made my staff jumpy.
  他们不喊叫或打扰我们的活动，尽管他让我们的人有些紧张。
• I told myself not to be so jumpy
  我告诉自己别这么提心吊胆的。