put the wind up

短语

受惊吓, 担心害怕

词形变化

puts the wind up 三单 putting the wind up 现在分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To frighten or disturb.

    及物/不及物 非正式

    P. G. Wodehouse I find it extraordinarily difficult to explain why it is that she has always put the wind up me to such a frightful extent.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London They found out that I had gone somewhere, couldn't get in touch, and that put the wind up and they began to imagine everything.