uptight
参见:up-tight
英语
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编辑形容词
编辑uptight (比较级 uptighter 或 more uptight,最高级 uptightest 或 most uptight)
- (口语) 正经死板的
- Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.
- 别那么死板嘛!过马路闯一次红灯又不会进监狱。
- 紧张的,压抑的
- (口语) 性压抑的
- He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
- 他有对性很压抑的宗教背景,但是现在完全不会看得出来。
- (口语) 粗鲁的
- 1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I:
- Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man.
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编辑uptight (复数 uptights)
- (口语) 有上述形容词特征的人