英语词汇“put (or have) the wind up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

put (or have) the wind up

British informal Alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened): Frank was trying to put the wind up him so that he would be too agitated to think clearly...

Spending ten minutes putting the wind up pregnant women about epidurals doesn't help things, especially when she admitted that 50% of women at the hospital end up having one.
The section of the speech on crime should have put the wind up anyone with even the smallest affection for civil liberties, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
But his chances of election have put the wind up the US Congress.

Synonyms

scare, frighten, make afraid, make nervous, throw into a panic, panic, alarm, unnerve

informal give someone the heebie-jeebies

North American informal spook

See parent entry: wind

单词	put (or have) the wind up
释义	put (or have) the wind up British informal Alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened): Frank was trying to put the wind up him so that he would be too agitated to think clearly... Spending ten minutes putting the wind up pregnant women about epidurals doesn't help things, especially when she admitted that 50% of women at the hospital end up having one. The section of the speech on crime should have put the wind up anyone with even the smallest affection for civil liberties, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary. But his chances of election have put the wind up the US Congress. Synonyms scare, frighten, make afraid, make nervous, throw into a panic, panic, alarm, unnerve informal give someone the heebie-jeebies North American informal spook See parent entry: wind
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