touchy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
    — It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
  2. Easily offended, oversensitive.
    — He can be very touchy when you talk about his estranged son, so be as tactful as possible.
  3. Inclined to engage in physical touch. informal

词形变化

touchier comparative touchiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
touchily touchiness
相关词
touchy-feely

词源

A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y.
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