uptight 英 [ʌp'taɪt;'ʌptaɪt]   美 ['ʌp'taɪt]

uptight

uptight  英 [ʌp'taɪt;'ʌptaɪt] 美 ['ʌp'taɪt]

adj. 紧张的;拮据的;心情焦躁的;易怒的 

What are you so uptight about? 你的太太说,“为何这么紧张?
uptight women eat chocolate and invade shopping centres. 紧张的女人吃巧克力,入侵购物中心。

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  • adj. 紧张的;拮据的;心情焦躁的;易怒的
  • 1. What are you so uptight about?

    你的太太说,“为何这么紧张?

  • 2. uptight women eat chocolate and invade shopping centres.

    紧张的女人吃巧克力,入侵购物中心。

  • 3. Teachers and middle-class parents undervalue kids’ preferences, but I think we need to give up being so uptight about children’s choices in books.

    老师和中年级父母们不重视孩子们的偏爱,但是我认为我们需要放松一下,不要在孩子们选择书籍问题上紧张兮兮的。

  • uptight (adj.) "tense," slang, 1934, from up- + tight (adj.). Meaning "straight-laced" first recorded 1969. It was used in a sense of "excellent" in jazz slang c. 1962.
up·tight / ˌʌpˈtaɪt ; NAmE ˌʌpˈtaɪt / adjective uptight(about sth) ( informal) 1 anxious and/or angry about sth 紧张不安的;愤怒的 Relax! You're getting too uptight about it. 轻松点儿!你对这事太紧张了。 2 ( especially NAmE) nervous about showing your feelings 局促的;拘谨的;紧张的 an uptight teenager 腼腆的少年 up·tight / ˌʌpˈtaɪt ; NAmE ˌʌpˈtaɪt /
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