skittish

英 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]

美 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]

adj. 易惊而难以驾驭的; 轻浮的; 易变的; 反复无常的; 说变就变的; 变幻莫测的

GRE

BNC.34526 / COCA.20080

牛津词典

adj.

易惊而难以驾驭的
easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control
轻浮的；易变的；反复无常的
not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing
说变就变的；变幻莫测的
likely to change suddenly
1. skittish financial markets
  变幻莫测的金融市场

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED (人或动物)易激动的，易受惊的
If you describe a person or animal asskittish, you mean they are easily made frightened or excited.
1. The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
  美元的衰落给总是担惊受怕的投资者们带来了信心。
ADJ-GRADED 没长性的;轻佻的;善变的;靠不住的
Someone who isskittishdoes not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously.
1. ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
  他那永远变化不定的幽默感

英英释义

adj

unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonym:flightyspookynervous

双语例句

Almost uniquely, it need not wait for skittish managers to resume their investment programmes; its balanced budget and its low level of public debt gives the government scope to invest using its own balance sheet.
几乎绝无仅有的是，德国不必等待胆小怕事的经理们重启他们的投资计划；德国平衡的预算以及较低的公共债务水平，使得政府具备了利用自身资产负债表进行投资的空间。
This product's life cycle will only last as long as everybody's skittish about SARS.
因为这个产品的生命周期，只有大家都害怕SARS的这一小段时间而已。
Though neither was particularly sickly, markets could no longer stomach their potentially lethal combination of illiquid assets and skittish wholesale liabilities.
尽管二者都不是完全陷入困境，但是市场对于其潜在的致命缺陷–非流动资产和不可靠的大规模债务的模式已经不再信任。
She gets very skittish when her boy-friend is around.
她男朋友在场时，她就显得格外轻佻。
They seem a bit skittish.
他们好像有点容易激动。
The oil market has become all the more skittish amid a raft of gloomy news from big oil producers.
随着全球各大产油国不断传出令人沮丧的消息，石油市场也变得更易波动。
Internet users had been skittish about shopping online.
因特网使用者对网购物提心吊胆。
European stocks are generally down again as energy shares made investors skittish.
能源类股让投资人感到不安。欧洲股市再次整体下滑。
As a result, money market fund managers are a very skittish bunch.
受此影响，货币市场基金经理们成了一群惊弓之鸟。
This one's too skittish around cows.
这马见到奶牛太容易激动了。