hair-triggern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhair-trigger.

a. A secondary trigger in a firearm, which acts by setting free a spring mechanism called the hair, and being delicately adjusted, releases the main trigger by very slight pressure.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > trigger > hair-trigger

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1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 249 The hair trigger, when set, lets off the cock by the slightest touch; whereas the common trigger requires a greater degree of force.

1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. 192 My pistol, which had the hair trigger set, went off.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 353 Double rifle..with single hair-trigger.

figurative.1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxx. 226 The inmates were asleep, but it was a sleep that was set on a hair-trigger.1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 23 Her laugh was hung on a hair trigger, to go off at every jest and fancy.

b. attributive: see quots. Also hair-trigger flower, an Australian plant of the genus Stylidium, having a very sensitive column of stamens, which move from side to side on the slightest touch. ( Treasury Bot. 1866.)

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1834 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Mar. in Tour Connemara (1950) i. 4 I had been much amused by my father's account of Dick Martin—‘Hairtrigger Dick’.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 4/2 What is known in stage parlance as a hair-trigger audience—an audience, that is, of play-goers experienced enough to recognize every delicate bit of acting or skilful contrivance of stage-management.

1892 Fitzpatrick Secr. Service under Pitt xxi. 331 His temper was of as hair-trigger a character as the pistols which he carried.

1948 C. Day Lewis Poems 1943–7 60 The quick-set ears, the hair-trigger nerves.

1968 Observer 1 Sept. 8/7 A hair-trigger laugh.

Derivatives

ˈhair-triggered adj. having a hair trigger.

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [adjective] > others

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1806 Balance 7 Jan. I know not whether hair~triggered pistols are in use in Penn.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. xii. 281 There is your hair-triggered rifles, that go off just at the right moment.

1937 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses xv. 304 Intolerant, irascible, pig~headed, hair-triggered.

1945 Daily Express 4 June 2/7 The A.A. gunners..had become so hair-triggered that no Allied pilot dare come anywhere near.

hair-triggerish adj.

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1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 162 ‘I admit,’ said Michael, unhappily, ‘it's all hair-triggerish.’

hair-triggery adj.

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1937 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses ii. 41 He is always so autocratic and hair-triggery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	hair-trigger
释义	hair-triggern. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhair-trigger. a. A secondary trigger in a firearm, which acts by setting free a spring mechanism called the hair, and being delicately adjusted, releases the main trigger by very slight pressure. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > trigger > hair-trigger hair-trigger1830 1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 249 The hair trigger, when set, lets off the cock by the slightest touch; whereas the common trigger requires a greater degree of force. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. 192 My pistol, which had the hair trigger set, went off. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 353 Double rifle..with single hair-trigger. figurative.1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxx. 226 The inmates were asleep, but it was a sleep that was set on a hair-trigger.1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 23 Her laugh was hung on a hair trigger, to go off at every jest and fancy. b. attributive: see quots. Also hair-trigger flower, an Australian plant of the genus Stylidium, having a very sensitive column of stamens, which move from side to side on the slightest touch. ( Treasury Bot. 1866.) ΚΠ 1834 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Mar. in Tour Connemara (1950) i. 4 I had been much amused by my father's account of Dick Martin—‘Hairtrigger Dick’. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 4/2 What is known in stage parlance as a hair-trigger audience—an audience, that is, of play-goers experienced enough to recognize every delicate bit of acting or skilful contrivance of stage-management. 1892 Fitzpatrick Secr. Service under Pitt xxi. 331 His temper was of as hair-trigger a character as the pistols which he carried. 1948 C. Day Lewis Poems 1943–7 60 The quick-set ears, the hair-trigger nerves. 1968 Observer 1 Sept. 8/7 A hair-trigger laugh. Derivatives ˈhair-triggered adj. having a hair trigger. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person) hotOE wooda1250 hastivec1300 irous1303 hastya1350 angrya1387 melancholiousa1393 quicka1400 irefulc1400 melancholyc1450 turnec1480 iracundiousa1492 passionatea1500 fumish1523 irascible1530 wrothful1535 fierya1540 warm1547 choleric1556 hot at hand1558 waspish1566 incensive1570 bilious1571 splenative1593 hot-livered1599 short1599 spitfire1600 warm-tempered1605 temperless1614 sulphurous1616 angryable1662 huffy1680 hastish1749 peppery1778 quick-tempered1792 inflammable1800 hair-triggered1806 gingery1807 spunky1809 iracund1821 irascid1823 wrathy1828 frenzy1859 gunpowdery1868 gunpowderous1870 tempersome1875 exacerbescent1889 tempery1905 lightningy1906 temperish1925 short-fused1979 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [adjective] > others stocked1497 breeched1575 chambered1611 tower-proof1673 triggerless18.. hair-triggered1806 vizyless1828 high-velocity1854 sighted1859 calibred1887 recoilless1888 sham-damn1895 silenced1909 silencered1935 multicalibre1983 1806 Balance 7 Jan. I know not whether hair~triggered pistols are in use in Penn. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. xii. 281 There is your hair-triggered rifles, that go off just at the right moment. 1937 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses xv. 304 Intolerant, irascible, pig~headed, hair-triggered. 1945 Daily Express 4 June 2/7 The A.A. gunners..had become so hair-triggered that no Allied pilot dare come anywhere near. hair-triggerish adj. ΚΠ 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 162 ‘I admit,’ said Michael, unhappily, ‘it's all hair-triggerish.’ hair-triggery adj. ΚΠ 1937 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses ii. 41 He is always so autocratic and hair-triggery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1806
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