jitters
惶恐不安,躁动不安,紧张不安,躁动
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Definitions
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- : jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness: Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- : fluctuations in the image on a television screen or in copy received by facsimile transmission, caused by interference or by momentary failures of synchronization.
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- : to behave nervously.
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Examples
After 10 minutes or so, I feel like I drank a small cup of coffee—minus the jitters.
It was a case of the jitters, a nation primed to jump at the word “Boo!”
So much for a pre-board glass of wine, here you can calm your jitters with a pre-flight drag.
No wonder that medical scare left us with a case of the jitters.
It is a very British take on the mishaps, family drama, and last minute jitters of a bride on the day of her wedding.
Within five minutes everybody aboard had the galloping collywobbles and the twittering jitters.
The whole earth had the jitters because of the apparently inevitable trial of strength between its two most gigantic powers.
All the elves were done working, now cozy in bed, While Christmas Eve jitters danced around in their head.
Comes out and sits on the side lines to watch practice quite often, and he gives me the jitters.
The police might tell her she had been seized with a plain case of jitters.