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单词 highly strung
释义
highly strung
adjective
UK
uk
/ˌhaɪ.li ˈstrʌŋ/us
/ˌhaɪ.li ˈstrʌŋ/
(UShigh-strung)
verynervousandeasilyupset:
紧张的；易生气的
ahighlystrungyoungwoman神经紧张的年轻女子
ahighlystrungracehorse易受惊的赛马
Synonyms
jitteryinformal
jumpyinformal
nervyUK
restiveformal
uptightinformal
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(Definition ofhighly strungfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhighly strung

highly strung
Guided, if that is the right word, almost entirely by expediency, much of our recent built environment alternates between the hyperactivehighlystrungand the catatonic.
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We do not know what would happen, nor does that boy or young man who ishighlystrung, know what would happen.
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It is a veryhighlystrunganimal, with acute senses.
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But there were those of a hysterical type, thehighlystrung, who had to go to a deep air-raid shelter.
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Tohighlystrungor nervous people the feeling sometimes becomes so acute that they simply must escape somehow from the surrounding cause.
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They are men who have been strung up to do certain things, and men whose nervous system is a great deal morehighlystrung.
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Feelings on both sides have no doubt been somewhathighlystrungof late, and they may take some time to subside.
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They are highly nervous andhighlystrung.
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These are cases ofhighlystrungpeople.
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In such an area there will be some people who are ofhighlystrungcharacter and whose nervous condition will be made worse by the very proximity of a slaughterhouse.
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I was told by the family doctor, and by other people that he was sohighlystrungthat he could not stand corporal punishment.
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Quaggas were said to be lively andhighlystrung, especially the stallions.
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However, the engine washighlystrung, and proved to be extremely unreliable.
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Highlystrungand prone to crossing her arms when she's in an argument, she is still shown to be a gifted lawyer.
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A few have been tamed in captivity but hornbill behavior in captivity is described ashighlystrung.
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