ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]紧张不安的;忧虑的;易怒的 Someone who is uptight is tense, nervous, or annoyed about something and so is difficult to be with. 紧张不安的;忧虑的;易怒的 [informal]
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound緊張;覺得不安;看上去憤怒;好像緊張不安;聽起來緊張▸➤get緊張起來◇Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.試着一笑置之,不要緊張。➤make sb使某人精神緊張ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常惱怒▸➤all (informal) 很惱火◇He gets all uptight if anyone criticizes him!如果有人批評他,他就會火冒三丈!➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些惱火PREPOSITION➤about因⋯而緊張◇He's feeling a little uptight about his exam tomorrow.面臨明天的考試,他感到有點兒緊張。