| 单词 | attack of nerves |
| 释义 | > as lemmasattack of nerves a. In plural. Disordered or heightened sensitivity; anxiety, fearfulness, tension, nervousness; spec. nervousness suffered (by an actor, sportsman, etc.) before or during a performance, etc. Frequently in attack of nerves and variants. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness nerves1742 nervosity1787 nervousness1798 all-overs1829 nerviness1916 vertical gust1917 wind-up1917 vertical breeze1925 nail-biting1952 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > neurosis nerves1742 neurosis1783 neuropathy1857 nervosisme1884 neurose1886 neuroticism1900 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > unhealthy excitement > [noun] hysterica passio1769 hysteria1839 nerves1892 1742 H. Walpole Let. 10 June (1955) XVII. 452 I am afraid I have a little fever upon my spirits, or at least I have nerves, which you know everybody has in England. 1817 J. Austen Let. 23 Mar. (1952) 141 Nervous enough in some respects, but in others perfectly without nerves! 1838 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby (1839) xxi. 201 What is my wife's complaint?.. Is it nerves? 1840 E. S. Wortley Eva v. i. 108 My lady hath a sharp attack of nerves; A terrible malady—I know it well! 1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 107 That tree..always gave me a fit of nerves. 1914 G. W. Young From Trenches vii. 143 The control of the population is admirable in its restraint. We have no ‘nerves’ here yet. 1948 A. Christie Taken at Flood i. i. 20 The poor girl was blitzed and had shock from blast... She's a mass of nerves. 1960 J. Betjeman in London Mag. Nov. 13 Pre-prize day nerves? Or too much bitter beer? 1987 Grimsby Evening Tel. 7 Dec. 12 Just as nerves began to affect all four players Henry cleared the colours in the seventh frame. 1996 S. Woolfe Leaning towards Infinity (1998) 39 It was a story he's told me many times—how Grandma Fernandez had scared her daughter silly and that was why my mother had developed nerves. < as lemmas |
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