squeamish  /skw'imɪʃ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  squeamish
  (a.)過分講究的,吹毛求疵的;神經質的,易嘔吐的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Squeamish \Squeam"ish\, a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably
     from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf.
     Icel. svemr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a
     sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS.
     sw[=i]mi. The word has been perhaps confused witrh qualmish.
     Cf. {Swim} to be dizzy.]
     Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to
     excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be
     offended at trifling improprieties.
  
           Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a
           basting for a blemish.                   --Hudibras.
  
           His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of
           squeamish taste to entertain.            --Southern.
  
           So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
  
     Syn: Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See
          {Fastidious}. -- {Squeam"ish*ly}, adv. --
          {Squeam"ish*ness}, n.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  squeamish
       adj : excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
             his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he
             would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
             [syn: {dainty}, {nice}, {overnice}, {prissy}]