| 单词 | antsy |
| 释义 | antsy (once / 79325 pages) adj If you're antsy, you're restless and fidgety. It's hard not to be antsy when you're waiting to learn whether or not you've been accepted to your first choice of colleges. An antsy kid, unable to sit still, might need to use the bathroom, and a worried parent is often antsy while she waits for her teenager to come home late at night. Antsy came first, in the 1830s, but the idea is similar to the 20th century expression "have ants in your pants." Imagine how you'd squirm if you actually did feel ants crawling around in your pants: figuratively, that's how it feels to be antsy. WORD FAMILYantsy USAGE EXAMPLESAt halftime Miles will get antsy, so we will bake something. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) If you become antsy and try to speed up the process by boiling the meat, you’ll end up with hockey pucks for dinner. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) Children the same age as those who died got antsy in the capacity-filled lobby. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) adj nervous and unable to relax Syn fidgety, fretful, itchy tense in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
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