jitters

Word family

informalWORRIED a nervous worried feeling, especially before an important event 〔尤指重要事情发生前的〕紧张不安

The jitters are worst in the capital, where 61% of people are fearful of a terrorist attack.

首都的气氛最紧张，有61%的人担心会发生恐怖袭击。

Examples from the Corpus

jitters• The debt is causing jitters among experts.• Another woman, comically strung-out, is interrupted in her jitters by a wounded man who tumbles hard through the cafe doors.• Talking with professionals involved in your care can soothe preoperative jitters.• So the fear of recession in the world's largest economy is sending jitters around the globe.• Jody tries to jog away the jitters.• The jitters have reached the public.

Origin jitters

(1900-2000) Perhaps from Mandingo ji-to “frightened”

Chinese

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