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单词 touchy
释义 touchy
\ˈtəchē, -chi, dial ˈtech- or ˈtich-\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: touch (II) + -y
1. : marked by an oversensitive irritable temperament, by general readiness to take offense on slight provocation, or by delicate easily wounded sensitivity about specific matters
 < a touchy, uneasy friend … his intensest friendships generally came to grief — David Cecil >
 < a little touchy about my spoon-feeding at first — Stephen Haggard >
 < a man who had grown too touchy to make judicious decisions — Time >
2. : responding quickly to a touch : extremely reactive: as
 a. of a body part : acutely sensitive or irritable
 b. of a chemical : highly explosive or inflammable
3. : calling for tact, care, and caution in treatment : likely to cause offense, chagrin, or hurt pride : uncertain in issue : fraught with danger : precarious
 < the job of governorship, when all men seemed set against change, was a brittle, touchy business — Julian Dana >
 < military training is a touchy subject in the aftermath of war — M.W.Childs >
4. : composed of dots or short strokes
 < touchy pencil drawing >
Synonyms: see irascible
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