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Definition of willies in English: williesplural nounˈwɪlɪzˈwɪliz the williesinformal A strong feeling of nervous discomfort. 〈非正式〉紧张不安；心惊肉跳 that room gave him the willies 那房间让他觉得紧张不安。 Example sentencesExamples - The notion of having the government take over an industry that represents about 15 percent of the U.S. economy gives U.S. executives the willies.
- It's a spider which in theory is harmless, except that just looking at its big hairy legs gives me the willies.
- OK, now that I've got the willies, let's talk about the pesky critters.
- She believed in all sorts of things that give conservatives the willies.
- Beautiful countryside (like Canada in miniature), but those roads and the rail/car bridges gave me the willies!
- It gives even field-hardened terrorism experts the willies: bad guys launching shoulder-fired missiles at jetliners, killing hundreds and grounding air traffic.
- Lead guitarists from rock bands give me the willies also.
- I was delighted to hear, a couple of years ago, that barn owls had taken to peering into bedroom windows of flats in East Delhi, giving the incumbents the willies no doubt!
- Now I know that just the thought of having a doctor check for a problem is giving you the willies, but think about it.
- Frankly the history behind that name gives me the willies but its different when my dad says it.
- No one cares about it anymore; Gnat's more interested in exterior ants, the Death Farm gives my wife the willies, but I feed them and give them water.
- Even other people's cats and dogs and canaries gave her the willies (as she, it often seemed, gave them).
- Because we don't have the experience of what would have happened under other policy settings, I think bright-eyed economic rationalism still gives people the willies.
- Whatever the hang-up, catfish give some people the willies, even here in the Southern Catfish Belt.
- But there's no question he gives the political establishment the willies, as even the best-dressed party crashers tend to do.
- Not surprisingly, the case has given everyone from the police to the courts - and yours truly - a case of the willies.
- ‘It gave you the willies,’ said Brendan J. McGarry, a veteran transit police officer.
- I don't know about you, but snakes give me the willies.
- One tape gives me the willies - it's about a stuffed bear who is rejected in the store because he lacks a button, so at night he searches through the department store for the button that will make him loved.
- Two terms that really give me the willies are ‘sound designer’ and ‘experimental musician.’
OriginLate 19th century (originally US): of unknown origin. Definition of willies in US English: williesplural nounˈwɪlizˈwilēz the williesinformal A strong feeling of nervous apprehension and discomfort. 〈非正式〉紧张不安；心惊肉跳 that room gave him the willies 那房间让他觉得紧张不安。 Example sentencesExamples - She believed in all sorts of things that give conservatives the willies.
- Two terms that really give me the willies are ‘sound designer’ and ‘experimental musician.’
- Lead guitarists from rock bands give me the willies also.
- But there's no question he gives the political establishment the willies, as even the best-dressed party crashers tend to do.
- Not surprisingly, the case has given everyone from the police to the courts - and yours truly - a case of the willies.
- The notion of having the government take over an industry that represents about 15 percent of the U.S. economy gives U.S. executives the willies.
- It gives even field-hardened terrorism experts the willies: bad guys launching shoulder-fired missiles at jetliners, killing hundreds and grounding air traffic.
- ‘It gave you the willies,’ said Brendan J. McGarry, a veteran transit police officer.
- Whatever the hang-up, catfish give some people the willies, even here in the Southern Catfish Belt.
- Now I know that just the thought of having a doctor check for a problem is giving you the willies, but think about it.
- I don't know about you, but snakes give me the willies.
- Even other people's cats and dogs and canaries gave her the willies (as she, it often seemed, gave them).
- One tape gives me the willies - it's about a stuffed bear who is rejected in the store because he lacks a button, so at night he searches through the department store for the button that will make him loved.
- Beautiful countryside (like Canada in miniature), but those roads and the rail/car bridges gave me the willies!
- Frankly the history behind that name gives me the willies but its different when my dad says it.
- No one cares about it anymore; Gnat's more interested in exterior ants, the Death Farm gives my wife the willies, but I feed them and give them water.
- Because we don't have the experience of what would have happened under other policy settings, I think bright-eyed economic rationalism still gives people the willies.
- OK, now that I've got the willies, let's talk about the pesky critters.
- I was delighted to hear, a couple of years ago, that barn owls had taken to peering into bedroom windows of flats in East Delhi, giving the incumbents the willies no doubt!
- It's a spider which in theory is harmless, except that just looking at its big hairy legs gives me the willies.
OriginLate 19th century (originally US): of unknown origin. |