skittish
adjective /ˈskɪtɪʃ/
/ˈskɪtɪʃ/
- (of horses
) easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control马 易惊而难以驾驭的 - (of people
) not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing人 轻浮的;易变的;反复无常的 - (especially North American English, business
) likely to change suddenly商业 说变就变的;变幻莫测的 - skittish financial markets
变幻莫测的金融市场
- skittish financial markets
词源late Middle English: perhaps from the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’.