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

• 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。
• 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。
• This guy is a little jumpy and nervous.
  这家伙有点神经紧张。
• 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。
• Nobody is jumpy about growth, of course, but of the government's reaction to it.
  当然，没人会为增长而忧虑，而是忧虑政府的反应。
• 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。
• Everyone's gonna be a bit jumpy tonight.
  人人今晚都会有点神经质。
• Aunt Louise, who has been nervous and jumpy lately, suddenly burst into tears.
  最近一直很紧张且易激动的路易丝阿姨突然大哭起来。
• Parrot: I'm always a little bit jumpy when I walk by the graveyard at night.
  我晚上走过墓地的时候，总事有点害怕（口语：发毛）。