nervous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈnɜːvəs/    美 /ˈnɝːvəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of sinews and tendons.; Full of sinews. obsolete
  2. Of sinews and tendons.; Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular. obsolete
    — [T]here is nothing in marble equal to the Venus of Medici, for ſoftneſs and tenderneſs; as there is nothing ſo ſtrong and nervous, as the Hercules Farneſe.
  3. Of sinews and tendons.; Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful. obsolete
    — Fortescutus illustratus, or a commentary on that nervous treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ […] [book title]
  4. Of nerves.; Supplied with nerves; innervated.
  5. Of nerves.; Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.
    — All Nervous Diſtempers whatſoever, from Yawning and Stretching, up to a mortal Fit of an Apoplexy, ſeems to me to be but one continued Diſorder, or the ſeveral Steps or Degrees of it, ariſing from a Relaxation or Weakneſs, and the want of a ſufficient Force and Elaſticity in the Solids in general, and the Nerves in particular, in Proportion to the Reſiſtance of the Fluids, in order to carry on the Circulation, remove Obſtructions, carry off the Recrements, and make the Secretions.
  6. Of nerves.; Nervose. obsolete
    — CANNACORUS, […] It hath a knobbed tuberoſe Root: The Leaves are long and nervous: […]
  7. Of nerves.; Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
    — Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
  8. Of nerves.; Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
    — They were looking at the table (which was spread out in great array); for these young housekeepers are always nervous on such points, and like to see that everything is right.

词形变化

more nervous comparative nervouser comparative,nonstandard most nervous superlative nervousest nonstandard,superlative

词汇关系

近义词
angstful apprehensive anxious careful concerned distraught disturbed edgy fraught freaked out hagridden high-strung jittery jumpy leery nervous nervy on edge perturbable restless skittish spookish squeamish tied in knots twitchy uneasy unquiet verklempt worried worrisome worryful
反义词
calm intrepid unperturbed unworried
上位词
emotional emotionful
下位词
coffeed out nervicited wired nervous as a cat nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs solicitous
衍生词
as nervous as a witch autonomic nervous system central nervous system electronervous enteric nervous system internervous nervcited nervicited nervited nervous as a cat nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs nervous as a whore in church nervous breakdown nervous energy nervous hit nervously nervous-Nellie nervous nellie nervous nelly nervous-Nelly nervousness nervous nineties nervous pudding nervous Purvis nervous tissue nervous wreck nonnervous overnervous parasympathetic nervous system perinervous peripheral nervous system seminervous somatic nervous system sympathetic nervous system unnervous vasculonervous vegetative nervous system
相关词
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词源

From Middle English nervous (“composed of or incorporating nerves”), from Latin nervōsus (“nervous; sinewy; energetic, vigorous”), from nervus (“nerve; muscle; sinew, tendon; (figuratively) energy, power; nerve; force, strength, vigour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as nerve + -ous.
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