willies
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
自1896年起有记载的“紧张的咒语”一意可能来自woollies，“紧张，窘迫”一意的方言词，可能指代的是穿着羊毛（wool）衣物时身上的瘙痒感。
名词[编辑]
willies
名词[编辑]
willies 复 (仅复数)
- (口语，带the) 紧张感；恐惧感
- Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies.
- 待在鬼屋里让我心里毛毛的。
- 1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened，页号 3:
- I get the willies when I see closed doors. Even at work, where I am doing so well now, the sight of a closed door is sometimes enough to make me dread that something horrible is happening behind it, something that is going to affect me adversely.
- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
近义词[编辑]
- (紧张)： creeps、heebie-jeebies、collywobbles
- (恐惧)： 参见Thesaurus:fear