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white knuckled

/hwahyt-nuhk-uhl, wahyt-/US // ˈʰwaɪtˈnʌk əl, ˈwaɪt- //

白手起家,白手起家的人,白手起家的,白手道

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
    • : experiencing fear, terror, or apprehension: The white-knuckle crowd loved that director's newest horror movie.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intense
Synonyms
agitated烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,焦躁不安anxious焦急的,焦虑的,焦虑不安,焦虑apprehensive忐忑不安,忐忑不安的,忧虑,忧心忡忡edgy紧张的,紧张,聪明的,烦人excited兴奋,激动,激动的,兴奋的jittery烦躁不安,躁动不安,焦躁不安,烦躁不安的nervous紧张,忐忑不安,紧张的,紧张不安restive躁动不安,躁动,不安分,不安分的人shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍strained紧绷绷的,紧张的,紧绷的,紧绷着脸stressful有压力的,压力很大,有压力,压力很大的uneasy不舒服,不安,不舒服的,不安的choked窒息,哽咽,呛声,窒息的clutched攥紧了,攥住了,攥着,攥紧concerned关注,关心,关切,关心的是moved挪动,挪移,挪动的,迁居moving挪动,搬家,迁居,迁徙shot镜头,摄,炮击,镜头下的unnerved忐忑不安,惊魂未定,紧张不安,惊恐不安wired有线,有线的,有线电视,有线路worried担心,担忧,忧心忡忡,担心的worrying忧虑,忧心忡忡,担忧,堪忧wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船beside oneself魂魂不在自己身边,魂魂不在自己身上,魂魂不散bundle of nerves神经束,神经管束,神经丛,神经节fidgety烦躁不安,忐忑不安,烦躁不安的,躁动不安fluttery飘飘然,飘忽不定的,飘忽不定,飘飘然的high-strung亢奋,亢奋的,高昂的,紧张的hung up挂断了,挂断了电话,挂了,挂断电话hyper超,超级,超级的,超强的in a tizzy乱哄哄的,乱哄哄,乱糟糟的,乱糟糟jumpy跳跃的,跳动的,蹦蹦跳跳的,跳跃性的keyed up抠了,抠门了,抠门的,抠门nerve-racking紧张的,紧张不安的,伤脑筋的,紧张不安nervous wreck神经衰弱,神经过敏,神经过敏的人,神经衰弱症on edge边缘,濒临,边缘化,边缘地带overanxious过度焦虑,忧心忡忡,过分焦虑,过于焦虑overwrought过度紧张,过度疲劳,焦头烂额,焦虑不安queasy恶心,恶心的,不舒服,感到不安restless神不守舍,不安分,不安于现状,不安分守己shot to pieces被射成碎片,被打成碎片,被射成碎片的,被打成碎片的strung out昏昏沉沉的,昏昏沉沉,焦头烂额,昏昏欲睡unquiet不安静,不安宁,不安静的,不平静up the wall上墙,上墙了,墙上的,上墙的uptight拘谨,拘谨的,拘束,拘谨的人wound up伤痕累累,缠绕在一起的,缠绕在一起,缠绕

Examples

  • The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.

  • If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.

  • There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.

  • The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.

  • But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.

  • And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.

  • None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.

  • One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.

  • That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.

  • Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?

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