edgy的意思|edgy的解释-里氏词典

edgy ['ɛdʒɪ]

a. 刀口锐利的, 尖利的, 急躁的

"The parents have been a bit edgy lately, waiting for their children's examination results."
＂父母们近来一直有点儿紧张，正在等待公布他们孩子们的考试成绩。＂
He has an edgy temper.
他性情急躁。
edgy The boss has been a little edgy today.
老板今天有点烦躁。

edgy
edgier, edgiest

[ adj ]
being in a tense state
<adj.all>

Edgy \Edg"y\, a. [From {Edge}.]
1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or
the like, too sharply defined. ``An edgy style of
sculpture.'' --Hazlitt.

There, Mr. Sigoloff first negotiated with edgy vendors to get near-empty store shelves filled again.
But traders also appeared edgy over the interest-rate outlook, especially if business activity should pick up.
Foreign countries that rely on imports of corn and other coarse grains are getting edgy about the global supply and price outlook for the year ahead, an Agriculture Department analysis says.
"If consumers continue to be edgy, for whatever reason, then we've got problems," says Thomas Juster, an economist who specializes in consumer psychology at the University of Michigan.
Stock prices dropped sharply Wednesday in edgy trading, weakened by fears of higher interest rates that pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to a three-month low.
Ms. Jackson, too, begins well, with her ice-queen demeanor and edgy intelligence perfectly suited for Lady Macbeth.
Americans in Colombia are edgy about the drug traffickers' retaliatory campaign against the government but few say they sense any imminent personal danger.
Macomb has not been hit directly by this, but the impending demise of a plant west of Detroit has made the community edgy. These fears have been intensified by the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada which President Bush negotiated last summer.
The industry accounts for about a fifth of gross national product and as such has underpinned Germany's postwar 'economic miracle'. In spite of the industry's obvious successes, German executives have become edgy.
But Wall Street remains edgy about near-term prospects, particularly over the order book. During the past few months two of the three largest US airlines - United and American - have announced cuts in aircraft purchases for the next three years.
Mr. Ball's edgy, finger-on-the-trigger approach to investing is hardly unique.
Don't hash things out in front of the children, or at the end of a hard day when either partner may be tired or edgy.
Little wonder that, behind the scenes, Japanese officials are becoming increasingly edgy. Japan is midway through an Anglo-Saxon style debt deflation, a fact that is finally dawning in Tokyo.
The Israelis, in turn, already are edgy because of the signs of increased military cooperation between Iraq and Jordan.
He seems edgy, distracted, noting periodically he has to leave the hotel at 5:15 p.m. sharp; that evening Vanity Fair is holding a reception in his honor at the Century Club.
More than 27 policeman had been killed that year and the security forces were edgy.
But after two years of flat profit and potentially lower 1987 profit, some holders with millions of shares appear edgy.
Nobody finds it strange that investors periodically get edgy about bank stocks.
Israel's 2.9 million voters are feeling edgy and short-tempered as the campaign for Tuesday's parliamentary elections draws to a close.
It was the proverbial good news and bad news for the edgy bond market this past week.
In the meantime he is happy to let Mr Hosokawa's fine reputation hang on the fate of a fractious coalition. It is a sign of Mr Hosokawa's early success that Mr Ozawa and his associates at the JRP are edgy.
"I always do the desperate, on-the-edge kind of businessman," says James Rebhorn of New York, who recently starred as an edgy newspaper publisher in one of AT&T's "wandering camera" spots.
The record company (PolyGram) was a bit edgy, but what were they going to do, sue us?" American music _ jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, gospel _ influenced Tears for Fears.
Some big investors have been increasingly edgy about the U.S. economy and stock prices for months before the latest Mideast turmoil, causing them to trim stock portfolios slowly.
AUTOS First-quarter production schedules show that auto-industry executives are edgy.
Though many investment managers expect an accord late this week, some are getting edgy.
Copper futures prices plummeted Tuesday on New York's Commodity Exchange as edgy speculators ignored bullish supply-and-demand factors and sold heavily on fears that the market had topped.
Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges play these folksy schemers with an edgy mix of twang and sizzle that gives this sweet little picture some tension (otherwise it might just float off the screen).
Some analysts are also getting edgy because the company indicated that it might announce some sales by the end of its fiscal year, Sept. 30, a goal which now seems unlikely to be met.
Despite the swing into positive territory, dealers said the market remained edgy in case Wall Street opened weakly.

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