Skittish

['skɪtɪʃ]

(adj.) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) .

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(v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.

(v. t.) Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.

整理:玛丽斯

a. Shy (as a horse), timid, timorous, easily frightened.

克莱夫整理

adj. unsteady light-headed easily frightened: hasty volatile changeable: wanton.—adv. Skitt′ishly.—n. Skitt′ishness.

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Lady Tippins with a skittish little scream, attracts the general attention. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
Haley's horse, which was a skittish young colt, winced, and bounced, and pulled hard at his halter. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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