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jumpy

/juhm-pee/US // ˈdʒʌm pi //UK // (ˈdʒʌmpɪ) //

跳跃的,跳动的,蹦蹦跳跳的,跳跃性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    jump·i·er, jump·i·est.

    • : subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
    • : characterized by sudden starts, jerks, or jumps: a jumpy narrative.

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Examples

  • A K-factor that is too high causes jumpy ratings that overreact to recent games.

  • This is the perfect cultural moment to dangle the Kennedy-era optimism of a space hotel before a country full of jumpy shut-ins.

  • Both reek of false modesty, but Deen does appear jumpy and genuinely anxious at times.

  • None looked jumpy to me; in fact the pedicab cyclists beside our carriage looked more winded and annoyed.

  • Throw in a dash of military menace and you have a device seemingly designed to make people jumpy.

  • She says her friends and peers are angrier and more jumpy than the people she has met in Egypt.

  • It was superficial and jumpy and herky-jerky, bopping all over the place.

  • She had seemed pale and jumpy and morose, and had scarcely spoken a word during the whole of our walk.

  • Both Mrs. Crane and Julie tried to soothe him, but he was jumpy and his mouth twitched spasmodically.

  • Just at first they are very jumpy, and then there comes a time when they learn to enjoy life while they have it.

  • Then frequently she heels over to a very jumpy angle, as if a squall had struck her.

  • I married Mrs. B. then, an' she gets a bit jumpy now and again.