| 单词 | nervy |
| 释义 | nervy (once / 13493 pages) adj If you're nervy, you're so outspoken and brave that you're almost rude. A nervy student isn't afraid to ask even the grouchiest teacher to explain why he's giving so much homework on a Friday. You can use nervy to simply mean "brave," but it usually carries the implication of being a bit of a smart aleck. Your nervy questions at a job interview might be seen as refreshingly straightforward, or simply cheeky and impudent. Sometimes nervy instead means "nervous," like a nervy tightrope walker who trembles and shakes with fear, but this meaning is more common in Britain than in the U.S. WORD FAMILYnervy: nervier, nerviest, nervily+/nerve: nerved, nerveless, nerves, nerving, nervous, nervy, unnerve/nerveless: nervelessly, nervelessness/nervous: nervouser, nervously, nervousness/nervousness: nervousnesses/unnerve: unnerved, unnerves, unnerving/unnerving: unnervingly USAGE EXAMPLESBut didn’t the show drop the nervy coder like a bad habit? Time(Dec 07, 2016) What perhaps makes it an even nervier decision is that the play is rather dry and too slow to achieve ignition. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) “Great” is an adjective that punctuates a Trump sentence like a nervy rhetorical comma. The Guardian(Nov 13, 2016) 1adj offensively bold a nervy thing to say Syn brash, cheeky forward used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty 2adj showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger the nervy feats of mountaineers Syn bold fearless and daring 3adj being in a tense state Syn edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, overstrung, restive, uptight tense in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
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