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 發癢的My eyes sometimes get red and itchy in the summer. 到夏天我的眼睛有時會發紅發癢。
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〕令人發癢的 SYN scratchyThese tights are all itchy. 這條連褲襪穿着好癢。
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,現在開始感到膩煩。
I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new). 我回家才幾個月,腳又癢癢地想出門了。
4 itchy fingers informalSTEAL someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things 手癢 〔想偷東西〕I tucked the bills deep into my pocket, away from itchy fingers. 我把鈔票塞進口袋深處,以防扒手偷走。
—itchiness noun [uncountableU]