| 英语单词 | edgy |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['edʒi] 美 ['edʒi] |
| 中文释义 | adj.急躁的;尖利的;刀口锐利的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He was edgy and irritable. It was conceivable that he could blow up. (2) The parents have been a bit edgy lately, waiting for their children's examination results. (3) The edgy stick may be dangerous to play with. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他急躁易怒,可以想到他是会发火的。 (2) 父母们近来一直有点儿紧张,等待孩子们的考试成绩。 (3) 玩这种尖利的棍子有危险。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you're edgy, you're uptight, tense, or anxious. You might find yourself getting nervous and edgy right before you take a difficult test. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A tendency to get edgy — irritable and jittery — might be a result of too much coffee, or just a personality trait. It's not a very helpful habit in most cases, leading you to snap at other people or just feel tense. An informal way to use edgy is to mean "experimental or daring." In the 18th century, something edgy literally had sharp edges, but by the early 1800s it came to mean "tense and irritable." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]紧张的;烦躁不安的;心神不宁的 If someone is edgy, they are nervous and anxious, and seem likely to lose control of themselves. [INFORMAL 非正式]
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