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发表于 2016-9-18 17:00:21
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Wiktionary 第二个义项解释的很好,其他几部大型英汉词典也有提到惊恐害怕之意,似乎该义是口语用法,不那么常用:7 H- Q8 V, f4 J4 D; J/ B
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2. (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.2 ~3 ?; b# B- F% n2 M- T) X' z% u
(Can we find and add a quotation of Whittier to this entry?)
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And let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare. |
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