1. 1緊張不安的、慌慌的

    Jittery means anxious or nervous — you cannot sit still, your hands may shake, your thoughts jump. A jittery speaker, a jittery wait for results. Money news also likes it: a jittery market is one that keeps twitching because people are worried. It can describe a thing that shakes or jumps as well: jittery film, jittery lines on a screen. Informal to neutral; not a medical word.

core核心畫面

組成From jitter + -y (“full of that”).

同家族的字

  • jitterthe shaky movement this adjective is built from
  • jittersthe nervous feeling; same family
  • jitterbugthe dance; same jitter in the name

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

jitteryadj/ˈd͡ʒɪt.ɹi/

  • 1

    nervy, jumpy, on edge

    • Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start.
  • 2

    Having jitter, or unwanted signal characteristics.

    • jittery video playback

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