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

• 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。
• Is this conjunct music step-wise music or jumpy, skippy music?
  这是级进的音乐，连续的音乐呢，还是轻快，跳跃的音乐呢。
• 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。
• We feel jumpy after she told us the house is haunted.
  在她告诉我们这屋子闹鬼之后，我们就觉得神经兮兮的。
• 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）。
• 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。
• I told myself not to be so jumpy
  我告诉自己别这么提心吊胆的。
• My mother gets very jumpy when she's alone in the house.
  我母亲一个人呆在房子里时总是很害怕。
• He's a little jumpy so be discreet.
  他有点神经质，小心点。
• 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。