(thuộc) thần kinh

the nervous system

hệ thần kinh

nervous breakdown (debility, depression, exhaustion, prostration)

sự suy nhược thần kinh

Dễ bị kích thích; nóng nảy, bực dọc; hay hoảng sợ; hay lo lắng, hay bồn chồn

most of the children are nervous in the dark

hầu hết trẻ con thường hoảng sợ trong bóng tối

to feel nervous about something

cảm thấy bồn chồn lo lắng về việc gì

nervous temperament

tính nóng nảy

Có dũng khí, có khí lực, mạnh mẽ

a man full of nervous energy

một người đầy nghị lực cương cường

(văn học) hùng mạnh; cô đọng, khúc chiết

nervous style

văn hùng mạnh; văn cô đọng khúc chiết

Adj.

Highly-strung, excitable, sensitive, tense, agitated,wrought up, worked up, upset, flustered, ruffled, disturbed,perturbed, distressed, worried, anxious, troubled, concerned,disquieted, edgy, on edge, on tenterhooks, fidgety, fretful,uneasy, apprehensive, frightened, fearful, shaky, scared,skittish, US on a tightrope, Colloq jumpy, jittery, flappable,in a stew, in a dither, in a sweat, in a tizzy, in a flap,uptight, Brit nervy, US on pins and needles, Slang strung out:Thomas is nervous because he has to give a speech.

Difficult,tense, critical: There were a few nervous moments before weknew if the rope would hold.

Adj.

Having delicate or disordered nerves.

Timid oranxious.

A excitable; highly strung; easily agitated. bresulting from this temperament (nervous tension; a nervousheadache).

Affecting or acting on the nerves.

(foll. by of+ verbal noun) reluctant, afraid (am nervous of meeting them).

Nervously adv.nervousness n. [ME f. L nervosus (as NERVE)]