itchy

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itch·y /ˈɪtʃi/ adjectiveadj (comparativecomp itchier, superlativesupl itchiest)

1 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCif part of your body is itchy, it feels slightly unpleasant and you want to rub it with your nails 发痒的

My eyes sometimes get red and itchy in the summer.

到夏天我的眼睛有时会发红发痒。

an itchy rash

发痒的皮疹

2 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCif clothes are itchy, they make your skin feel slightly unpleasant, so that you want to rub your skin with your nails 〔衣服〕令人发痒的 SYN scratchy

These tights are all itchy.

这条连裤袜穿着好痒。

3 WANTwanting to go somewhere new or do something different 渴望〔去新的地方、做不同的事情〕的

He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy.

他做那份工作快八年了，现在开始感到腻烦。

I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new).

我回家才几个月，脚又痒痒地想出门了。

4 itchy fingers informalSTEAL someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things 手痒〔想偷东西〕

I tucked the bills deep into my pocket, away from itchy fingers.

我把钞票塞进口袋深处，以防扒手偷走。

Examples from the Corpus

itchy fingers• I tucked the money deep in my pocket, away from itchy fingers.

—itchiness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

itchy• I feel terrible and my eyes are itchy.• Even when all sign of life had gone I kept on feeling itchy.• Two years later, however, Mark found himself feeling itchy again.• You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose.• Sometimes nurses tied down the arms of children who insisted on ripping off the thick, itchy rags.• It may also appear on other parts of the body in the form of an itchy rash known as ringworm.• an itchy sweater• They are so itchy that I scratch myself hard.• Enlarged lymph nodes; light sweat and low fever; can be itchy when warm.

itchy feet• This cold weather is giving me itchy feet.• Armchair travellers will be riveted to their seats while the more adventurous will get itchy feet.• I always get itchy feet at this time of year, in the spring.

itch·y adjectiveadj

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