| 单词 | to stress out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stress out to stress out Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. intransitive. To be or become stressed or anxious; to worry intensely. Cf. earlier stressed out adj. at stressed adj. and n. Compounds.Also followed by about or over.In quot. 1983: to suffer extreme physiological stress. ΚΠ 1983 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Mar. 7 b/4 Many birds die en route, Friend says, because ‘they have weak respiratory systems and stress out easily.’ 1987 Orange County (Santa Ana, Calif.) Reg. 20 May d13/2 She's very emotional and high-strung and the downside of that is that she sometimes stresses out. 1996 L. CasaBianca Rough Guide to First-time Europe i. 7 Prepare, but don't stress out over every detail. 2019 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 15 June 6 I would be doing exams and stressing out and being a perfectionist. 2. transitive. To cause (a person) stress or anxiety. Cf. stressed out adj. at stressed adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1983 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 26 Sept. c8/3 I can't afford to have Steve stressed out any more by the fans, the media, the pressure. 1992 N.Y. Times 8 Nov. ix. 13/3 We didn't want people to feel the usual obligations of going to a wedding... We didn't want to stress anyone out. 2013 J. Margulis Business of Baby vii. 164 Sammy was screeching, he wanted to nurse all the time, and my parents were in the house, which was stressing me out. < as lemmas |
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