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单词 squeamishness
释义
squeamishsqueam‧ish /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsqueamish
Origin:
1300-1400 Anglo-French escoymous
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Entomology became more fashionable once better killing bottles provided the squeamish with a less offensive method of collecting specimens.
  • He doesn't consider himself squeamish.
  • There's no time to feel squeamish.
  • Though insects are a dietary staple in much of the world, squeamish Western palates resist.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 His new novel is not for the squeamish.
1easily shocked or upset, or easily made to feel sick by seeing unpleasant things2the squeamish [plural] people who are squeamish:  His new novel is not for the squeamish.squeamishness noun [uncountable]
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