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Someone who is excitable becomes too easily. A loud noise, a piece of news, or a small argument can send them up quickly — happy, angry, or nervous. People often say it about children, puppies, and lively friends. It is not a harsh word, but it is not always a compliment either, because it hints that the person is hard to keep calm. Though actually, doctors also use excitable about the body: an excitable cell is one that can fire an electrical signal. Do not mix this up with . An film makes you ; an excitable person is the one who gets .
容易興奮的、易激動的
組成excite + -able:能夠(或容易)被激起。
同家族的字
- excitethe verb at the root
- excitementthe feeling that comes so quickly
- excitabilitythe noun for this quality
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
excitableadj/ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/
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Easily excited.
- The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.
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sciencesAble to respond to external stimuli.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsAble to be promoted to an excited state.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。