skittish

1 Under the bus, the roadway's shadows — a skittish turbulence of brush strokes — add to the scene's sense of instability.

2 Maybe they will want to start something in neighborhoods that make banks skittish.

3 The hippocampi were still skittish, but they stopped swirling around me quite so fast.

4 Skepticism about the Fed's willingness and ability to do all this makes Congress skittish.

由于怀疑美联储是否有意愿也有能力做好这些事情,国会的态度也时常出现变化.

5 The dog hung back on the porch, skittish and unsure of himself.

6 She gets very skittish when her boy-friend is around.

她男朋友在场时，她就显得格外轻佻。

7 Instead of letting circumstances overwhelm, however, the band channels this energy into its songs, which are universally jittery and and unsettled and skittish.

8 The Flute Sonata sounded fluffier and more skittish than it sometimes does; the oboe work, Poulenc's last completed score, paid elegant tribute to Prokofiev.

9 One female industry veteran said people were skittish about speaking on the record.

10 Roman, though, is skittish about going another round with their dad, having just been soundly whipped.

11 Mandy, who was even more skittish than I remembered, was reluctant to sit at the table, but in a few minutes we were enjoying the snack.

12 Investors could become even more skittish.

投资者有可能会变得胆小。

13 In these skittish parodies, female libertines run amok, hijacking carriages and poisoning family members they dislike or biting off their fingers.

14 Croft speculated that "skittish" publishers anxious about the site's effect on sales might have put pressure on Amazon, but admitted that "really, we don't know".

15 We’d taken him on a dozen rides through the open pasture, but he was inexperienced, skittish, unpredictable.

16 He walked slowly to the rail where the horses were tethered: gentle Traveler, skittish Lucy Long.

17 The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.

美元的衰落给总是担惊受怕的投资者们带来了信心。

18 Fact: Pavlov’s dog may have learned to salivate when hearing a ringing bell, but when a bell jingled as Dad and I entered the Brevard Animal Clinic, my poor skittish nerves were startled.

19 As is, she is shy and skittish, possibly because she never leaves the hive, but spends her days confined in darkness, a kind of eternal night, perpetually in labor.

20 But they paint a portrait of a middle-aged tech giant in the early stages of a successful turnaround amid a skittish global economy.

它们描绘的是，一个已经步入中年的科技巨人面临反复无常的全球经济，终于迈出了成功转型的第一步。

1 轻佻的

light giddy flirty flirtatious unserious hoity-toity glaikit fizgig flirtish giddy-brained coltish kittenish flapperish tittuppy windy humorous airy frivolous flapper corky coquettish

2 轻浮

harum-scarum light volatile sporty airy frivolous fickle flirty wanton flirtatious flippant flighty light-headed flyaway inconstant hoity-toity scatty sportif lightsome light-minded glaikit fizgig flirtish lightly lightness levity frivolity flip giddy mercurial trifling yeasty giddily facetiously volatility giddiness inconstancy flippancy easy fluffy of easy virtue

3 反覆无常的

light mobile unstable volatile freaky mercurial mutable capricious unsteady freakish flighty light-headed inconstant chancy kittle weathery arbitrary whimsical cranky

4 易惊的

skeigh frisky flighty

5 胆小

hare-hearted hen-hearted poor nervous tender shy meticulous eerie timid fearsome craven tremulous mousy yellow-bellied eery fainthearted lily-livered white-livered faintheart chickeny pikerism yellow cowardice timidity pusillanimity cowardliness pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow streak yellow livered cold feet

6 反复无常

variable inconsistent unstable fickle wayward mercurial capricious flighty schizophrenia caprice blow hot and cold schizophrenic temperamental play fast and loose with play fast and loose unpredictable schizoid inconstant mobile versatile volatile whimsical erratic unsteady punic instable hoity-toity double-minded highty-tighty fitified versatility volatility instability whimsy inconstancy wanton

7 易受惊吓的

bird-eyed

8 腼腆的

withdrawn

9 坐立不安

restless jittery feverish fizzle fidget jitter upon the gad have butterflies in stomach

10 担心

concerned afraid uneasy apprehensive alarmed perturbed care concern fear worry alarm chill apprehension bother sweat dread in a lather not your usual self

11 爱调情的

flirtatious

12 胆怯的

chicken cheese nervous scary funky eerie timid sissy pusillanimous unheroic fainthearted poltroon nesh faintheart trepidant milky yellow fearful coward craven timorous weak-kneed poor-spirited chicken-hearted pigeon-hearted meticulous fearsome dastardly gingerly unmanly lily-livered shily

13 小心的

careful tender discreet scrupulous circumspect chary

14 不安

uncomfortable troubled apprehensive restive dingbat sweat discomfort unrest disquiet compunction disquietude concern discompose rock worry bite bother rattle ruffle flutter writhe have kittens tie in knots on edge het up anxious uneasy fretful disconcerted anxiety qualm uneasiness disconcert discomfit exercise mind be ill at ease

15 紧张

tense drawn tensile strained taut high-pitched keyed suspensive atwitter state twitter strain flutter jitter snit tizzy tensity scare erect dither string rack on the stretch be on toes heavy tight intense nervous stressful edgy uneasy charged hyper stressed uptight knotted jumpy flustered stiffly stress tension excite knot flap rattle fray unsettle fluster in a tizzy on the edge of your seat in a stew rattle cage

16 受惊的

funky shy scared frightened frit

17 顽皮的

naughty bold mischievous saucy sportive impish jocular hoity-toity jocose

18 不安的

uncomfortable troubled apprehensive restive worry on edge het up anxious uneasy fretful disconcerted

19 担心的

concerned afraid uneasy apprehensive alarmed perturbed in a lather not your usual self

20 反覆无常

light mobile unstable volatile freaky mercurial mutable capricious unsteady freakish flighty light-headed inconstant chancy kittle weathery mercuriality mobility whiffle play fast and loose arbitrary whimsical cranky freak crank instability caprice

21 受惊

frit shy spook

22 腼腆

withdrawn shrink into oneself

23 羞怯

shy modest backward timid aw-shucks diffident timorous shamefaced blushful modesty diffidence pudency can not say boo to a goose fearsome coy sheepish bashful fainthearted faintheart timidity pudicity

24 小心

careful tender discreet scrupulous circumspect chary fore guard alert heed circumspection mind

25 反复无常的

variable inconsistent unstable fickle wayward mercurial capricious flighty schizophrenic temperamental unpredictable schizoid inconstant mobile versatile volatile whimsical erratic unsteady punic instable hoity-toity double-minded highty-tighty fitified

26 活泼的

spiritoso deliver quick round active living fresh warm bright excited sharp pleasant crank lively vivid volatile brag vigorous animate wick stirring bubbly brisk snappy sassy cheery rousing mercurial jazzy saucy perky boyish vivacious zippy rattling PERT frisky sparky sprightly Bonny blithe cant chirpy gingery swingy spritely whippy kicky smacking peart cobby zappy galliard gamesome swinging fresh as a daisy full of fizz animated agile salty racy spry coltish upbeat alive crisp colourful crispy spirited bouncy exuberant dashing lusty kick

27 胆怯

chicken cheese nervous scary funky eerie timid sissy pusillanimous unheroic fainthearted poltroon nesh faintheart trepidant fainting pusillanimity chickenheart quail squib desolate craven have butterflies in stomach meticulous coward fearsome dastardly gingerly unmanly timorous lily-livered shily timidity diffidence funk daunt lose nerve

28 易变

various mobile variable liquid sandy unstable volatile wavy fugitive choppy mutable capricious flighty inconstant inequality inconsistency variability fluid fickle changeable protean fluidity

29 紧张的

tense drawn tensile strained taut high-pitched keyed suspensive atwitter heavy tight intense nervous stressful edgy uneasy charged hyper stressed uptight knotted jumpy flustered state in a stew

30 坐立不安的

restless jittery feverish

31 活泼

vivo spiritoso deliver quick round active living fresh warm bright excited sharp pleasant crank lively vivid volatile brag vigorous animate wick stirring bubbly brisk snappy sassy cheery rousing mercurial jazzy saucy perky boyish vivacious zippy rattling PERT frisky sparky sprightly Bonny blithe cant chirpy gingery swingy spritely whippy kicky smacking peart cobby zappy galliard gamesome allegro vivace racily swinging mercuriality animation jazz vivacity brio sparkle mercurialize zip like a cork fresh as a daisy full of fizz like a brick alive animated agile salty racy spry coltish alive and kicking upbeat crisp colourful crispy spirited bouncy exuberant dashing lusty fire snap entrain kick feel oats

32 不可靠的

slippery insecure unreliable irresponsible shaky flimsy dodgy fishy untrustworthy unsteady flighty inauthentic feckless ditzy inconstant shonky corrupt unsure uncertain shady rotten dishonest gaseous unfaithful unsound blue-sky delusive unauthentic rackety

33 变幻莫测的

mercurial capricious

34 轻佻

light giddy flirty flirtatious unserious hoity-toity glaikit fizgig flirtish lightly sideways lightness giddy-brained coltish kittenish flapperish flippantly flightily flightiness tittuppy windy humorous airy frivolous flapper corky coquettish frivolity

35 害羞的

coy sheepish bashful shamefaced

36 不可靠

corrupt unsure uncertain slippery shady unreliable rotten irresponsible shaky dishonest gaseous unfaithful unsteady unsound blue-sky delusive unauthentic rackety uncertainty

37 易受惊的

shy

38 变幻莫测

mercurial capricious vagaries shifting sands of shifting sands the shifting sands of the shifting sands

39 胆小的

hare-hearted hen-hearted poor nervous tender shy meticulous eerie timid fearsome craven tremulous mousy yellow-bellied eery fainthearted lily-livered white-livered faintheart chickeny pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow livered

40 易变的

unstable Mobile variable fluid versatile unpredictable volatile fickle mutable unsettled incalculable protean inconstant various mobile liquid sandy wavy fugitive choppy capricious flighty changeable uncertain

41 羞怯的

shy modest backward timid aw-shucks diffident timorous shamefaced blushful fearsome coy sheepish bashful fainthearted faintheart

42 轻浮的

harum-scarum light volatile sporty airy frivolous fickle flirty wanton flirtatious flippant flighty light-headed flyaway inconstant hoity-toity scatty sportif lightsome light-minded glaikit fizgig flirtish flip giddy mercurial trifling yeasty fluffy

43 易激动的

hot-brained nervous irritable hyper hasty combustible temperamental excitable nervy warm-blooded spasmodic ticklish inflammable hot-tempered hotheaded tindery twittery flappable tempersome