skittish

英 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]

美 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]

adj.  易惊而难以驾驭的; 轻浮的; 易变的; 反复无常的; 说变就变的; 变幻莫测的

GRE

BNC.34526 / COCA.20080

牛津词典

adj.

• 易惊而难以驾驭的
  easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control
• 轻浮的；易变的；反复无常的
  not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing
• 说变就变的；变幻莫测的
  likely to change suddenly
  1. skittish financial markets
     变幻莫测的金融市场

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (人或动物)易激动的，易受惊的
  If you describe a person or animal asskittish, you mean they are easily made frightened or excited.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 没长性的;轻佻的;善变的;靠不住的
  Someone who isskittishdoes not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously.
  1. ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
     他那永远变化不定的幽默感

英英释义

adj

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  Synonym:flightyspookynervous

双语例句

• Oxborrow admits that he was skittish about the experiment.
  奥克斯波洛承认，他对是否进行实验犹豫不决。
• Uncertain economic conditions make them skittish: surviving at home is the number one priority.
  不确定的经济环境让他们有些胆怯：在国内市场活下来才是首要任务。
• Profits remain so low that skittish investors are cancelling their plans.
  利润仍然很低，以致举棋不定的投资者取消了他们的计划。
• And you tell me this woman is skittish.
  你告诉我这个女人不太可靠。
• The biggest reason for the slowdown was skittish investors yanking cash investment funds that normally flow to such deals.
  市场清淡的最主要原因是不安的投资者纷纷退出通常会流向此类交易的投资基金。
• 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。
• Investors remained skittish in the United States, although the Dow Jones managed to finish the day up slightly.
  即使道琼斯指数在尾盘略有回升，美国的投资者仍然胆战心惊。
• Though neither was particularly sickly, markets could no longer stomach their potentially lethal combination of illiquid assets and skittish wholesale liabilities.
  尽管二者都不是完全陷入困境，但是市场对于其潜在的致命缺陷–非流动资产和不可靠的大规模债务的模式已经不再信任。
• They seem a bit skittish.
  他们好像有点容易激动。
• My horse is rather skittish, so I have to keep him away from traffic.
  我的马很容易受惊，所以我让他远离车流。