英语词汇“to be on edge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge: to be excited or irritable (cf. 2d).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)]

to take ona1450

seethe1609

trepidate1623

to take on oneself1632

flutter1668

pother1715

to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723

to be nerve all over1778

to be all nerve1819

to be (all) on wires1824

to break up1825

to carry on1828

to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872

faff1874

to have kittens1900

flap1910

to be in, get in(to), a flap1939

to go sparec1942

to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964

faffle1965

to get one's knickers in a twist1971

to have a canary1971

to wet one's pants1979

tweak1981

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > be irritable [verb (intransitive)]

pensec1230

to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872

1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. ii. ii. 261 Whitgift's strenuous hostility and unsparing rigour of argument set his opponent on edge.

1900 Daily News 4 Oct. 6/1 For me there was to be no sleep far into that night, for my nerves were upon edge.

1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line v. 56 I'm all on edge over this landscape scheme.

1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xvi. 227 His manner had not the ease it used to have. He seemed on the edge about something.

1932 Daily Express 29 June 6/2 Her nerves were plainly on edge.

1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 290 He felt fagged and on the edge already.

1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. i. 394 Laura had in fact worked much too hard, and now she was altogether too fine-drawn and too much on edge.

单词	to be on edge
释义	> as lemmas to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge b. to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge: to be excited or irritable (cf. 2d). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)] to take ona1450 seethe1609 trepidate1623 to take on oneself1632 flutter1668 pother1715 to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723 to be nerve all over1778 to be all nerve1819 to be (all) on wires1824 to break up1825 to carry on1828 to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872 faff1874 to have kittens1900 flap1910 to be in, get in(to), a flap1939 to go sparec1942 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 faffle1965 to get one's knickers in a twist1971 to have a canary1971 to wet one's pants1979 tweak1981 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > be irritable [verb (intransitive)] pensec1230 to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. ii. ii. 261 Whitgift's strenuous hostility and unsparing rigour of argument set his opponent on edge. 1900 Daily News 4 Oct. 6/1 For me there was to be no sleep far into that night, for my nerves were upon edge. 1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line v. 56 I'm all on edge over this landscape scheme. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xvi. 227 His manner had not the ease it used to have. He seemed on the edge about something. 1932 Daily Express 29 June 6/2 Her nerves were plainly on edge. 1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 290 He felt fagged and on the edge already. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. i. 394 Laura had in fact worked much too hard, and now she was altogether too fine-drawn and too much on edge. extracted from edgen. < as lemmas
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