squeamish

英 ['skwiːmɪʃ] 美 ['skwiːmɪʃ]

• adj. 易恶心的；易受惊的；过分正经的；过分拘谨

英英释义

Adjective:

1. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

   "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"
   "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I'm a little squeamish about dissecting things.
   解剖东西让我觉得有点恶心。
2. I was squeamish about seeing the terrible accident.
   我看到可怕的事故就会作呕。
3. It's a violent film, so don't go if you're squeamish.
   这是一部暴力影片，如果你容易受惊，就别去看了。
4. To attain full growth, one mustn't be squeamish.
   一个人要充分成长，绝不能太拘小节。
5. Talking money makes most workers squeamish.
   谈钱会让大部分职场人士拘谨。
6. After all, I hadn't been so squeamish, come to think of it, even in New York.
   回想起来我毕竟不是一个过于拘谨的人，甚至在纽约时也不是这样。

经典引文

• He was squeamish, he..couldn't face the idea of seeing a dead body.

  出自： R. Rendell

近反义词

【近义词】

• dainty 小巧精致的
• nauseous 令人作呕的
• queasy 反胃的
• sick 有病的
• woozy 糊里糊涂的
• cowardly 懦弱的
• hysterical 歇斯底里的
• delicate 微妙的
• prudish 过分拘谨的
• puritanical 极端拘谨的
• strait-laced 固守道德观念的...
• fastidious 过分讲究的
• particular 特定的
• scrupulous 小心谨慎的
• fussy 过分装饰的
• uncompromising 不让步的
• prissy 谨小慎微的
• overnice 太过讲究的
• nice 好的