itchy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++itch·y /ˈɪtʃi/ ●○○ adjective (comparative itchier, superlative itchiest) 1 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCif part of your body is itchy, it feels slightly unpleasant and you want to rub it with your nails 发痒的 My eyes sometimes get red and itchy in the summer. 到夏天我的眼睛有时会发红发痒。 an itchy rash 发痒的皮疹2 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCif clothes are itchy, they make your skin feel slightly unpleasant, so that you want to rub your skin with your nails 〔衣服〕令人发痒的 SYN scratchy These tights are all itchy. 这条连裤袜穿着好痒。3 WANTwanting to go somewhere new or do something different 渴望〔去新的地方、做不同的事情〕的 He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy. 他做那份工作快八年了，现在开始感到腻烦。 I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new). 我回家才几个月，脚又痒痒地想出门了。4 itchy fingers informalSTEAL someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things 手痒 〔想偷东西〕 I tucked the bills deep into my pocket, away from itchy fingers. 我把钞票塞进口袋深处，以防扒手偷走。 —itchiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
itchy• I feel terrible and my eyes are itchy.• Even when all sign of life had gone I kept on feeling itchy.• Two years later, however, Mark found himself feeling itchy again.• You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose.• Sometimes nurses tied down the arms of children who insisted on ripping off the thick, itchy rags.• It may also appear on other parts of the body in the form of an itchy rash known as ringworm.• an itchy sweater• They are so itchy that I scratch myself hard.• Enlarged lymph nodes; light sweat and low fever; can be itchy when warm.itchy feet• This cold weather is giving me itchy feet.• Armchair travellers will be riveted to their seats while the more adventurous will get itchy feet.• I always get itchy feet at this time of year, in the spring.itch·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
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itchy
itch‧y /ˈɪtʃi/
adjective (comparative itchier, superlative itchiest)
1. if part of your body is itchy, it feels slightly unpleasant and you want to rub it with your nails:
My eyes sometimes get red and itchy in the summer.
an itchy rash
2. if clothes are itchy, they make your skin feel slightly unpleasant, so that you want to rub your skin with your nails
SYN scratchy:
These tights are all itchy.
3. wanting to go somewhere new or do something different:
He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy.
I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new).
4. itchy fingers informal someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things:
I tucked the bills deep into my pocket, away from itchy fingers.
—itchiness noun [uncountable]
itch‧y /ˈɪtʃi/
adjective (comparative itchier, superlative itchiest)1. if part of your body is itchy, it feels slightly unpleasant and you want to rub it with your nails:
2. if clothes are itchy, they make your skin feel slightly unpleasant, so that you want to rub your skin with your nails
SYN scratchy:
3. wanting to go somewhere new or do something different:
4. itchy fingers informal someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things:
—itchiness noun [uncountable]
painful causing you physical pain 指使人肉体上疼痛的 NOTE Painful can describe a part of the body, illness, injury, treatment or death.* painful 可用于描述身体部位、疾病、受伤、治疗或死亡等 ：◆ Is your knee still painful? 你的膝盖还疼吗？ ◆ a series of painful injections 一次又一次令人痛苦的注射 ◆ a slow and painful death 缓慢而痛苦的死亡 sore (of a part of the body) painful and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much 指（身体部位）发炎疼痛的、肌肉酸痛的 ：◆ a sore throat 咽喉疼 ◆ Their feet were sore after hours of walking. 他们走了几小时的路，脚都走疼了。 raw (of a part of the body) red and painful, for example because of an infection or because the skin has been damaged 指（身体部位）红肿疼痛的、破损的、擦伤的 ：◆ The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw. 她脚上的皮磨破了。 inflamed (of a part of the body) painful, red and hot because of an infection or injury 指（身体部位）发炎的、红肿的 ：◆ The wound had become inflamed. 伤口发炎了。 excruciating extremely painful 指极痛苦的、极苦恼的 NOTE Excruciating can describe feelings, treatments or death but not parts of the body.* excruciating 可用于描述情感、治疗或死亡，而非身体部位 ：◆ an excruciating throat/back/knee burning painful and giving a feeling of being very hot 指火辣辣地痛的 ：◆ She felt a burning sensation in her throat. 她感到咽喉火辣辣的疼。 itchy giving an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; having this feeling 指发痒的 ：◆ an itchy rash 发痒的皮疹 ◆ I feel itchy all over. 我觉得浑身发痒。
Patterns
sore/inflamed/itchy eyes raw/inflamed/itchy skin a painful/an excruciating death a painful/burning sensation excruciating/burning pain
