| 单词 | in a swivet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a swivet A state of agitation; a fluster or panic. Also, a hurry. Frequently in in a swivet. 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 > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > state of trepidation flighta1535 trepidation1625 twitter1653 trepidity1721 twitteration1775 trepidancy1840 twit1891 swivet1892 flat spin1917 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [phrase] > state of trepidation in a swivet1892 1892 Dial. Notes 1 232 Swivet (swivit),..‘Don't be in such a swivet.’ a1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 893/2 What a swivit ee's in. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 294 When a man is..in a hurry, he is in a swivvet. 1917 Dial. Notes 4 418 [N. Carolina] Swivvit, n., hurry. ‘He's always in a swivvit.’ Also La. 1933 I. S. Cobb Murder Day by Day xvi. 209 And Hilda, so Verity said, was in quite a swivit over the prospect of being interviewed again. 1955 N.Y. Sunday News 27 Mar. 100/1 She does not get in ‘swivets’ or ‘tizzies’, either, and she does not often sulk. 1962 M. Carleton Dread Sunset (1963) v. 81 ‘Don't get into a swivet,’ Ellen soothed. 1978 C. MacLeod Rest you Merry xxiv. 168 Jemina was always in a swivet about something. < as lemmas |
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