be squeamish about sth/doing sth
about 后可接名词或动名词,表示对某事物反感、容易恶心。
He is squeamish about seeing blood.
他见不得血。
易厌恶的;过于讲究的
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易厌恶的;过于讲究的
easily disgusted; excessively fastidious about what is unpleasant or offensive
He is squeamish about seeing blood.
他见不得血。
易受惊的;易恶心的;易紧张的;过分敏感的。
Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.
过于讲究且容易厌恶的
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
厌恶的;不情愿的。
Averse or reluctant.
He felt squeamish at the sight of raw meat.
他一看到生肉就感到恶心。
AI contextual example
Many people become squeamish when they see needles.
很多人一看到针头就会觉得不舒服。
AI contextual example
She is too squeamish to clean the cat litter box.
她太容易恶心,不愿意清理猫砂盆。
AI contextual example
so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
他太神经质了,连马桶把手都只肯用胳膊肘碰。
WordNet
about 后可接名词或动名词,表示对某事物反感、容易恶心。
He is squeamish about seeing blood.
他见不得血。
主语是令人反感的事物,sb 是感到不适的人。
The smell of rotten meat makes me squeamish.
腐肉的气味让我恶心。
too...to... 表示“太……以至于不能……”,指因容易反感而做不了某事。
She is too squeamish to touch a worm.
她太娇气,不敢碰虫子。
Not this
He has squeamish about blood.
Use this
He is squeamish about blood.
squeamish 是形容词,不是名词,不能作 have 的宾语;作表语时应使用系动词 be,构成 be squeamish about something。
Not this
I am squeamish to spiders.
Use this
I am squeamish about spiders.
表示“对某事物感到厌恶”时,squeamish 后接介词 about;受中文“对……感到”的影响误用 to,属于搭配错误。
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怕见血;对血感到恶心
He is squeamish about blood, so he never watches medical shows.
他怕见血,所以从不看医疗剧。
感到恶心;胃里不舒服
The smell of raw fish makes me feel squeamish.
生鱼的味道让我感到恶心。
太容易恶心而不敢看
She was too squeamish to watch the surgery video.
她太容易恶心,不敢看手术视频。
敏感的胃口;容易反胃的胃
My squeamish stomach can't handle very spicy food.
我胃敏感,吃不了太辣的食物。
让某人感到恶心或不适
The graphic images in the movie made me squeamish.
电影里那些血腥画面让我感到不适。
对暴力场面容易反感
Many viewers are squeamish about violence in films.
许多观众对电影中的暴力场面容易反感。
不宜易恶心者;胆小者慎入
The documentary shows real surgery footage and is not for the squeamish.
这部纪录片展示了真实的手术画面,不适合容易恶心的人看。
对……感到恶心或难以接受
He is squeamish about eating raw meat.
他对吃生肉感到恶心,难以接受。
让某人感到恶心或不适
The smell of blood makes her squeamish.
血腥味让她感到恶心不适。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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squeamish 联想 squeal(尖叫)+ ish(有点),娇气的人一见脏东西就尖叫。
语域:neutral 常见场景:谈论血腥、令人不适或肮脏的事物时、描述某人过于讲究、难以取悦时、日常对话或书面描述中 该词通常用于形容容易对血腥、医疗场景或恶心事物感到反感的人,也可指过于讲究、难以取悦。日常对话和一般书面语中都比较常见,语气不算正式,但在需要准确表达‘容易厌恶’时可选用。
真正押韵的是 creamish /ˈkriːmɪʃ/(重读元音后的 /mɪʃ/ 与 squeamish 相同)。squeak、squeal、squeeze 只共同具有开头的 /skwiː/,结尾不同,不算押韵。sweetish /ˈswiːtɪʃ/ 和 squint /skwɪnt/ 是易混拼写或近似形,但发音不同:sweetish 后面的辅音是 /t/,squint 的元音是短音 /ɪ/。
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