squeamish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++squeam·ish /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/ adjective 1. SHOCKeasily shocked or upset, or easily made to feel sick by seeing unpleasant things 易受惊的;易恶心的;神经脆弱的2 the squeamish [plural] people who are squeamish 神经脆弱的人 His new novel is not for the squeamish. 他的新小说不是给神经脆弱的人看的。 —squeamishness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
squeamish• He doesn't consider himself squeamish.• There's no time to feel squeamish.• Though insects are a dietary staple in much of the world, squeamish Western palates resist.• Entomology became more fashionable once better killing bottles provided the squeamish with a less offensive method of collecting specimens.Origin squeamish (1300-1400) Anglo-French escoymoussqueam·ish adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus easily made shocked easily upset, or or to
squeamish
squeam‧ish /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
adjective
2. the squeamish [plural] people who are squeamish:
His new novel is not for the squeamish.
—squeamishness noun [uncountable]
squeam‧ish /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
adjective Date: 1300-1400
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: escoymous
1. easily shocked or upset, or easily made to feel sick by seeing unpleasant thingsLanguage: Anglo-French
Origin: escoymous
2. the squeamish [plural] people who are squeamish:
—squeamishness noun [uncountable]