| 单词 | in a twitter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a twitter a. A state of nervous excitement or agitation; a fluster. Frequently in in a twitter. In later use chiefly colloquial and regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > state of trepidation flighta1535 trepidation1625 twitter1653 trepidity1721 twitteration1775 trepidancy1840 twit1891 swivet1892 flat spin1917 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > shudder or shuddering > state of tremulous agitation flighta1535 trepidation1625 twitter1653 trepidity1721 twitteration1775 the shakes1837 trepidancy1840 1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism iii. 524 So doubtful is the sense of the Scribes that scraped it..bespeaking its patrons to be in a twitter, in a temper between Hawk and Buzzard. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 6 The Ancient Errant Knights, Won all their Ladies Hearts, in Fights, And cut whole Gyants into fitters, To put them into amorous twitters. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §31 141 The Attorney-General..was in a Twitter; for some of his Friends told him he would certainly be questioned for it in Parliament. 1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man iii. ii. 42 Now the duce fetch this madcap brother of mine, what a twitter has he thrown me into! 1802 G. Colman Poor Gentleman (new ed.) i. i. 5 If I ben't all of a twitter to see my old John Harrowby again! 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 151 A leap of the heart..and a sort of tingling twitter through all his blood. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 208 The engine-driver in a fearfu' twitter for fear he would upset the royal train. 1966 R. S. Heinlein Moon is Harsh Mistress (1967) 133 We had Mort in a twitter; he was yelling for help. 2003 Times 15 Sept. 31/1 Even the vividly stressed O'Brien has never looked in quite such a twitter over a horse. < as lemmas |
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