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trigger-happy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++trigger-ˌhappy (also trigger-ready) adjective informal  DANGEROUSsomeone who is trigger-happy is much too willing to use weapons, especially guns 动辄开枪的 a trigger-happy cop 一名动不动就开枪的警察
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trigger-happyA debate even begins about whether the army is not getting a little trigger-happy in its nervous and no doubt terrified tension.It ensured that no trigger-happy missile controller would fail to observe the safety precautions and attempt a little target practice.Whooper swans are molested by irresponsible trigger-happy parties but here, at Bolam, they visit in peace.The investigator said the killings were the result of poor procedure by trigger-happy police rather than premeditated murder.After all, half-an-hour away in any direction there is a trigger-happy racist waiting for his big day.trigger-happy soldiers
trigger-ˌhappy adjectiveChineseSyllable
is Corpus too trigger-happy to willing someone much who is


trigger-happy
trigger-ˌhappy (also ˈtrigger-ˌready) adjective informal
someone who is trigger-happy is much too willing to use weapons, especially guns:
    a trigger-happy cop


trigger-happyBrE /ˈtrɪɡə hæpi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrɪɡər hæpi/ 🔊 adjective (informal, disapproving) too willing and quick to use violence, especially with guns 以开枪为乐的;好斗的;爱动武的;动辄开枪的