English Dictionary

nervous

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɜːvəs/

形容詞

廃用

(obsolete) Full of sinews. / (obsolete) Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular. / (obsolete) Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れ）筋が盛んで、筋肉質な / （時代遅れ）筋肉が顕著で、力強い、筋肉質な / （時代遅れ）文章や文体などが力強く、迫力のある

The sculptor admired the nervous limbs of the model, every tendon and muscle defined.

彫刻家はモデルの筋張った手足を称賛し、腱や筋肉の一本一本がはっきりしていた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Full of sinews.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.

[T]here is nothing in marble equal to the Venus of Medici, for ſoftneſs and tenderneſs; as there is nothing ſo ſtrong and nervous, as the Hercules Farneſe.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.

Fortescutus illustratus, or a commentary on that nervous treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ […] [book title]

意味（4）

Supplied with nerves; innervated.

意味（5）

Affecting the nerves or nervous system.

All Nervous Diſtempers whatſoever, from Yawning and Stretching, up to a mortal Fit of an Apoplexy, ſeems to me to be but one continued Diſorder, or the ſeveral Steps or Degrees of it, ariſing from a Relaxation or Weakneſs, and the want of a ſufficient Force and Elaſticity in the Solids in general, and the Nerves in particular, in Proportion to the Reſiſtance of the Fluids, in order to carry on the Circulation, remove Obſtructions, carry off the Recrements, and make the Secretions.

意味（6）

(botany, obsolete) Nervose.

CANNACORUS, […] It hath a knobbed tuberoſe Root: The Leaves are long and nervous: […]

意味（7）

Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.

Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.

意味（8）

Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.

They were looking at the table (which was spread out in great array); for these young housekeepers are always nervous on such points, and like to see that everything is right.

more nervous （ comparative ）

most nervous （ superlative ）