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be jumpy about sth
She is jumpy about the exam.
她对考试感到紧张不安。
紧张不安的；忐忑的
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紧张不安的；忐忑的
Nervous, tense, or easily alarmed.
She is jumpy about the exam.
她对考试感到紧张不安。
紧张而兴奋的。
Nervous and excited.
处于紧张状态
being in a tense state
倾向于跳跃的；充满跳跃的。
Tending to jump; full of jumps.
引起或表现为颠簸和不规则运动
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
He felt jumpy before the exam, checking his phone every few seconds.
他在考试前感到神经质，每隔几秒就检查一下手机。
After the horror movie, she was so jumpy that every little noise made her flinch.
看完恐怖片后，她非常神经质，每个细微的声响都让她畏缩。
The crowded subway car made him feel jumpy and anxious.
拥挤的地铁车厢让他感到紧张不安。
She is jumpy about the exam.
她对考试感到紧张不安。
I feel jumpy before the speech.
我在演讲前感到紧张。
He gets jumpy when he hears loud noises.
他听到大声响就变得紧张。
The suspense makes everyone jumpy.
悬念让每个人都紧张不安。
Not this
I feel very jump.
Use this
I feel very jumpy.
“Jump”是动词或名词，而“jumpy”才是形容词。此处需要形容词来描述状态，所以应用“jumpy”。
Not this
I have a jumpy.
Use this
I am jumpy.
“Jumpy”是形容词，不能用作名词。描述情绪状态时应该用“be + 形容词”结构，而不是“have + 名词”。
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感到紧张不安
I always feel jumpy before a job interview.
面试前我总是感到紧张不安。
变得紧张不安
He gets jumpy when he hears loud noises.
他听到巨响时会变得紧张不安。
让某人紧张不安
The suspense movie made everyone jumpy.
这部悬疑片让每个人都紧张不安。
晃动的镜头
The jumpy camera made the action scene hard to follow.
晃动的镜头让动作场面很难跟上。
颠簸的行程
We had a jumpy ride over the rocky road.
我们在碎石路上经历了一段颠簸的行程。
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jumpy 由 jump 联想：紧张得心跳加速想蹦，车颠簸时也一蹦一跳。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、描述紧张情绪 jumpy 在表示“紧张不安的”时，通常用于日常口语或非正式场合，比较常见于描述人在等待消息、面临压力或因突发情况而感到神经紧绷的状态。正式写作中更倾向于使用 anxious 或 nervous。
All listed words rhyme with /ˈdʒʌmpi/, sharing the final /-ʌmpi/ sound and the '-umpy' spelling. Beware that 'jump' (/dʒʌmp/) and 'pump' (/pʌmp/) look similar but do not rhyme with 'jumpy' because they lack the final /i/.
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