willies
英语 编辑
词源 编辑
自1896年起有记载的“紧张的咒语”一意可能来自woollies，“紧张，窘迫”一意的方言词，可能指代的是穿着羊毛（wool）衣物时身上的瘙痒感。
名词 编辑
willies
名词 编辑
willies 複 (僅複數)
- (口語，带the) 紧张感；恐惧感
- Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies.
- 待在鬼屋里让我心里毛毛的。
- 1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened，頁號 3:
- I get the willies when I see closed doors. Even at work, where I am doing so well now, the sight of a closed door is sometimes enough to make me dread that something horrible is happening behind it, something that is going to affect me adversely.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
近义词 编辑
- (紧张)： creeps、heebie-jeebies、collywobbles
- (恐惧)： 参见Thesaurus:fear