skittish

FREQ #32181

a. 易惊的, 轻佻的, 三心二意的, 不可靠的, 羞怯的, 活泼的, 爱蹦跳的, 活跃的

发音

US /ˈskɪtɪʃ/

词形变化

more skittish 比较级 most skittish 最高级

别名

skiddish

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Easily scared or startled; timid.

    胆小的

    易受惊的

    The dog likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.

    1557, Roger Edgeworth, Sermons Very Fruitfull, Godly, and Learned, London: Robert Caly, The fiftenth treatice or Sermon, All such be like a skittish starting horse, whiche coming ouer a bridge, wil start for a shadowe, or for a stone lying by him, and leapeth ouer on the other side into the water, & drowneth both horse and man.

  2. 2.

    Wanton; changeable; fickle.

  3. 3.

    Difficult to manage; tricky.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

nervous spooky flighty

近义相关 1

excitable

词源

Probably from skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction (Scotland, Northern England)”) + -ish; compare skitter.

来源：wiktionary