| 词组 | trigger-happy |
| 释义 | trigger-happy Theme: VIOLENCE mod. eager to fire a gun; eager to shoot someone or something.Rocko is sort of trigger-happy. Watch out.Ask your trigger-happy hunters to be careful this year. Idiom trigger-happy someone who is trigger-happy uses their gun too often and without thinking carefully.The book's main character is a trigger-happy New York detective. trigger-happy adjective too eager to shoot a gun US, 1945trigger-happy1. Eager to use a weapon, i.e. to pull the trigger (of a gun). I know you're trigger-happy, but quit shooting or you'll scare off all the animals! 2. Having a tendency to do something or engage in or begin some activity with even the smallest level of enticement or provocation. Whenever I'm editing, I always get a little trigger-happy with the delete key and end up having to add some things back later. Don't pass to Rick. He's trigger-happy and shoots ever time he gets the ball. trigger happyInclined to act violently at the slightest provocation, as in They feared that the President was trigger happy and would send in troops at the drop of a hat . This expression alludes to being too eager to fire a gun. [c. 1940] trigger happyIf someone is trigger happy, they are too willing to use a gun. The firing continued throughout the night, trigger happy soldiers making sleep impossible. trigger-happy mod. eager to fire a gun; eager to shoot someone or something. Rocko is sort of trigger-happy. Watch out. |
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