单词 | to be in, fall, put, etc into a flutter, all of a flutter |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in, fall, put, etc. into a flutter, all of a flutter a. An agitated condition, a state of tremulous excitement. esp. in phrases, to be in, fall, put, etc. into a flutter, all of a flutter. 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 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxvii. 154 Mr. B. kept me in Suspense a good while, and put me in great Flutters, before he let me into the Matter. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvi. 97 No emotions, child! No flutters! 1768 J. Bentham Let. 16 Aug. (1968) I. 130 I will treat you with a Letter, but it must be but a short one being as usual like the french prints, all of a flutter. 1780 F. Burney Jrnl. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 102 A strain of delight..that put her into a flutter of spirits. 1818 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers Sept. (1884) I The flutter of her nerves..makes her very miserable. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxi. 205 He immediately..fell into a great flutter. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 99 No wonder poor Adela's pulse was all in a flutter. 1981 Christian Sci. Monitor 25 Feb. 2 I've just heard Prince Charles is getting married and I'm all of a flutter. < as lemmas |
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