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uptight adj.紧张的；恼怒的；因循守旧的 (1) 她对面谈感到紧张。(2) 请提醒老板们，经理们，不要对那些能使一天的气氛轻松起来的小事过分紧张。(3) 我的前任老板是一个很爱烦躁的人。 If your friends are always telling you to relax, you may be a little uptight. People who are uptight tend to be stressed out. Your worried grandmother might be considered uptight, and so might your sister's angry teacher who is always yelling at the class. The adjective uptight was first used as popular slang in the 1930's to mean "tense." In the 1960's, the connotation changed to "straight-laced" or "conservative." For a brief time, uptight appeared in jazz slang meaning "excellent."

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英 [ˌʌp'taɪt] 美 [ˌʌp'taɪt] (1) She was uptight about the interview.(2) Please reassure the owners and managers not to get so uptight about something that makes the day a little pleasant.(3) My ex-boss was a very uptight person. To be uptight is to be tense. When you're uptight, you're stressed out and anxious. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]紧张不安的；忧虑的；易怒的 Someone who is uptight is tense, nervous, or annoyed about something and so is difficult to be with.   [usu v-link ADJ]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Penny never got uptight about exams...彭妮从来不会因为考试而紧张。I tend to get very uptight during a match.比赛时我总会紧张得不行。

英语单词	uptight
英美音标	英 [ˌʌp'taɪt] 美 [ˌʌp'taɪt]
中文释义	adj.紧张的；恼怒的；因循守旧的
英语例句	(1) She was uptight about the interview. (2) Please reassure the owners and managers not to get so uptight about something that makes the day a little pleasant. (3) My ex-boss was a very uptight person.
中文例句	(1) 她对面谈感到紧张。 (2) 请提醒老板们，经理们，不要对那些能使一天的气氛轻松起来的小事过分紧张。 (3) 我的前任老板是一个很爱烦躁的人。
vocabulary简明	To be uptight is to be tense. When you're uptight, you're stressed out and anxious.
vocabulary扩展	If your friends are always telling you to relax, you may be a little uptight. People who are uptight tend to be stressed out. Your worried grandmother might be considered uptight, and so might your sister's angry teacher who is always yelling at the class. The adjective uptight was first used as popular slang in the 1930's to mean "tense." In the 1960's, the connotation changed to "straight-laced" or "conservative." For a brief time, uptight appeared in jazz slang meaning "excellent."
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]紧张不安的；忧虑的；易怒的 Someone who is uptight is tense, nervous, or annoyed about something and so is difficult to be with. [usu v-link ADJ] [INFORMAL 非正式] Penny never got uptight about exams... 彭妮从来不会因为考试而紧张。 I tend to get very uptight during a match. 比赛时我总会紧张得不行。

Uptight Stressed Tend Slang 英 ˌʌp'taɪt] 美 ˌʌp'taɪt Adj.紧张的；恼怒的；因循守旧的