willies
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
自1896年起有記載的「緊張的咒語」一意可能來自woollies，「緊張，窘迫」一意的方言詞，可能指代的是穿着羊毛（wool）衣物時身上的瘙癢感。
名詞[編輯]
willies
名詞[編輯]
willies 複 (僅複數)
- (口語，帶the) 緊張感；恐懼感
- Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies.
- 待在鬼屋裡讓我心裡毛毛的。
- 1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened，頁號 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.
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近義詞[編輯]
- (緊張)： creeps、heebie-jeebies、collywobbles
- (恐懼)： 參見Thesaurus:fear