uptight的词源

英文词源

uptight (adj.)

"tense," slang, 1934, from up- + tight (adj.). Meaning "straight-laced" first recorded 1969. It was used in a sense of "excellent" in jazz slang c. 1962.

中文词源

uptight：拘谨的

比喻用法。

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