| 单词 | nerve-racking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnerve-racking nerve-racking adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > acutely anxious > causing acute anxiety nerve-racking1812 nerve-wracking1909 1812 P. B. Shelley Let. 27 Dec. (1964) I. 347 My removal from your nerve racking & spirit quelling metropolis. 1895 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 174 The minutes slowly passed, then a spark winked like a firefly half-way up the mesa..then the nerve-racking silence again. 1989 T. Kidder Among Schoolchildren vi. ii. 215 The situation was manageable, if a little nerve-racking. 2010 N. Southorn Student's Compan. Physiotherapy xiv. 158 Awaiting the results in your final year is probably the most nerve-racking thing you have done in a while. < as lemmas |
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