| 词组 | dithers |
| 释义 | (redirected from dithers)all of a ditherIn a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were all of a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. The economy is still all of a dither after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy. in a ditherIn a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were in a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. The economy is still in a dither after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy. in a ditherconfused; nervous; bothered. Mary is sort of in a dither lately. Don't get yourself in a dither. in a ditherAlso, all of a dither; in a flutter or tizzy . In a state of tremulous agitation, as in Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb didderen, "to tremble"; in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s; in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin. dither(ˈdɪðɚ) n. a state of confusion. (see also in a dither.) He can’t seem to get out of this dither he’s in. in a dither mod. confused; undecided. Don’t get yourself in a dither. in a dither, allIn a jittery, agitated state. This expression dates from the early 1800s, when it also was put as of a dither. The noun dither comes from the Middle English verb didderen, meaning “to tremble.” A newer synonym is in a tizzy, dating from the first half of the 1900s. Its origin is not known. |
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