squeamish 音标拼音: [skw'imɪʃ]
a . 过分讲究的,吹毛求疵的;神经质的,易呕吐的
过分讲究的,吹毛求疵的;神经质的,易呕吐的
squeamish adj 1 :
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted ; "
too nice about his food to take to camp cooking "; "
so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow " [
synonym :
{
dainty }, {
nice }, {
overnice }, {
prissy }, {
squeamish }]
Squeamish \
Squeam "
ish \ (
skw [=
e ]
m "[
i ^]
sh ),
a . [
OE .
squaimous ,
sweymous ,
probably from OE .
sweem ,
swem ,
dizziness ,
a swimming in the head ;
cf .
Icel .
sveimr a bustle ,
a stir ,
Norw .
sveim a hovering about ,
a sickness that comes upon one ,
Icel .
svimi a giddiness ,
AS .
sw [
imac ]
ma .
The word has been perhaps confused with qualmish .
Cf . {
Swim }
to be dizzy .]
Having a stomach that is easily turned or nauseated ;
hence ,
nice to excess in taste ;
fastidious ;
easily disgusted ;
apt to be offended at trifling improprieties .
[
1913 Webster ]
Quoth he ,
that honor '
s very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish . --
Hudibras .
[
1913 Webster ]
His muse is rustic ,
and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain . --
Southern .
[
1913 Webster ]
So ye grow squeamish ,
Gods ,
and sniff at heaven . --
M .
Arnold .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Fastidious ;
dainty ;
overnice ;
scrupulous .
See {
Fastidious }.
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Squeam "
ish *
ly },
adv . --
{
Squeam "
ish *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "
squeamish ":
airsick ,
barfy ,
bashful ,
boggling ,
carsick ,
critical ,
dainty ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
demurring ,
difficult ,
diffident ,
dizzy ,
exacting ,
faltering ,
fastidious ,
finical ,
finicking ,
finicky ,
finikin ,
fuddy -
duddy ,
fuss -
budgety ,
fussy ,
hard to please ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
meticulous ,
modest ,
nauseated ,
nauseous ,
nice ,
painstaking ,
particular ,
pawky ,
pernickety ,
persnickety ,
prudish ,
pukish ,
puky ,
punctilious ,
qualmish ,
qualmy ,
queasy ,
queer ,
scrupulous ,
seasick ,
shaky ,
shrinking ,
shy ,
stickling ,
unsettled ,
upset ,
vertiginous
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