restless

adjective
🔊/ˈrestləs/
🔊/ˈrestləs/
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  1. unable to stay still or be happy where you are, because you are bored or need a change坐立不安的;不耐烦的
    • The audience was becoming restless.观众开始不耐烦了。🔊🔊
    • After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel restless.这份工作干了五年以后,他开始厌烦了。🔊🔊
    • The children always get restless on long trips.孩子们在长途旅行中总会焦躁不安。
    • She was in a restless mood.她心情不安。
    • Lydia had always been a restless child.莉迪亚一直是个不安分的孩子。
  2. without real rest or sleep没有真正休息的;没有睡眠的 synonym disturbed
    • a restless night不眠之夜
    • He woke from a restless sleep.他从不安的睡眠中醒来。
  3. Word OriginOld English restlēas (see rest ‘period of relaxation’, -less).