单词 | nerve-worn |
释义 | > as lemmasnerve-worn nerve-worn adj. ΚΠ 1792 J. Byng Diary May in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 5 I will not accord to the unnatural hours. Nerve-worn, and with reason, I must..take the field. 1858 H. T. Cheever Pulpit & Pew xx. 303 And through the goodness of God I have come off safe and sound, though nerve-worn and weary. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 May (1932) 547 In many ways it [sc. Australia] is older: more nerve-worn. 2005 D. K. Goodwin Team of Rivals xiv. 378 To the nerve-worn residents of Washington, McClellan seemed ‘the man on horseback’, just the leader to mold the disorganized Union troops into a disciplined army. < as lemmas |
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