喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture the body's nerves — the thin threads that carry signals to and from the brain. 'Nervous' first means 'to do with these nerves'; when those nerves feel stretched tight, you get the everyday meaning of being on edge, worried, unable to relax.

可以想成身體裡那一條條細細的「神經」——把訊息傳進傳出大腦的線。nervous 最根本的畫面比較像「跟這些神經有關」…更多收起可以想成身體裡那一條條細細的「神經」——把訊息傳進傳出大腦的線。nervous 最根本的畫面比較像「跟這些神經有關」；當這些神經繃得太緊、一直在傳警報，人就會坐立不安、擔心、放鬆不下來，這就接到了我們天天在用的「緊張」。所以表面上「緊張」和「神經的」像兩回事，其實是同一條線：神經繃緊 → 心裡緊張。

原始詞典資料8 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。

nervousadj/ˈnɜːvəs/

  • 1

    obsoleteOf sinews and tendons.

  • 2

    obsoleteOf sinews and tendons.

    • [T]here is nothing in marble equal to the Venus of Medici, for ſoftneſs and tenderneſs; as there is nothing ſo ſtrong and nervous, as the Hercules Farneſe.
  • 3

    obsoleteOf sinews and tendons.

    • Fortescutus illustratus, or a commentary on that nervous treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ […] [book title]
    • Nervous, clear, and striking, was almost all that he uttered […].
  • 4

    Of nerves.

  • 5

    Of nerves.

    • All Nervous Diſtempers whatſoever, from Yawning and Stretching, up to a mortal Fit of an Apoplexy, ſeems to me to be but one continued Diſorder, or the ſeveral Steps or Degrees of it, ariſing from a Relaxation or Weakneſs, and the want of a ſufficient Force and Elaſticity in the Solids in general, and the Nerves in particular, in Proportion to the Reſiſtance of the Fluids, in order to carry on the Circulation, remove Obſtructions, carry off the Recrements, and make the Secretions.
    • Elizabeth Moſs, a girl of about 15 years of age, was attacked, in December, 1773, with a ſlow nervous fever, during the courſe of which ſhe had very little ſleep; […]
  • 6

    obsoletebiologybotanynatural-sciencesOf nerves.

    • CANNACORUS, […] It hath a knobbed tuberoſe Root: The Leaves are long and nervous: […]
  • 7

    Of nerves.

    • Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
    • I can only assure you here that there is such a thing as a nervous child; whose nervous system is unstable; who is easily upset; whose pulse is apt to "run away" at any excitement; who blushes and pales and sweats easily; who tires easily; and who may be subject to headache and eye strain.
  • 8

    Of nerves.

    • They were looking at the table (which was spread out in great array); for these young housekeepers are always nervous on such points, and like to see that everything is right.
    • Various harbours fit to receive settlers are now enumerated by the author; and as for the cold, of which some, through report, entertained a nervous dread, he invites his readers to reflect on "the great colde that is at times in Muſcouia, Sweidon, Norway, Spruceland, Poland, Denmarke, and other Eaſterne and Northerne parts of the world, where the people liue well and grow rich;" […]

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。