| 单词 | all of a dither |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall of a dither b. A state of tremulous excitement or apprehension; chiefly in all of a dither; also, vacillation; a state of confusion. colloquial or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 6 (E.D.D.) I'm aw on o' dither, if th' wynt bo sturs a twig. 1891 C. Wordsworth Rutland Words 11 Those children keep me in the dithers, they do. 1899 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. 331 The sight o' both on us..might make the poor body all of a dither if she was very ill. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. ii. 500 They'll rehearse all right... When it comes to the night, all of a dither. 1931 E. Sackville-West Simpson iii. xvii She quickly pulled herself together, feeling that such a state of dither would not, if she showed it, illustrate her name. 1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xxi. 243 Eleanor was thrown into a dither by finding us there together. 1957 S. Jameson Cup of Tea for Mr. Thorgill ii. 31 Always in a dither of enthusiasm and misplaced devotion—and what a bore that is! 1958 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 31 May 8/3 She came up with Stanley Baldwin and his policy of delusion and dither, which left England nearly helpless against Hitler. 1970 M. Pereira Pigeon's Blood xi. 127 Such brains are usually characterised by two things: the speed with which they can reach vital decisions; and the speed with which they can grasp how to implement such decisions. A total absence of dither, if you like. < as lemmas |
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