He also had taken a backward step, as if to turn in another direction. But it was too late now. Both met in the narrow path. Not to touch her, he drew up against the bank, with a side swerve like a skittish horse, looking at her in a wild, stealthy way.英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
Minora thought the incident typical of German manners, and not only made notes about it, but joined heartily in the health-drinking, and afterward grew skittish.英文原著 · 《Elizabeth and her German Garden》
We must, also, find out of the horse shows any viciousness towards other horses or towards human beings; also, whether he is skittish;[8] such defects are apt to cause his owner trouble.英文原著 · 《On Horsemanship》
"The flighty and skittish wife of Ingild longs to observe the fashions of the Teutons; she prepares the orgy and makes ready the artificial dainties.英文原著 · 《The Danish History》
An account of my young lady's various pranks would fill a thick volume. A favorite trick of hers, on being requested to "walk like Miss Abigail," was to assume a little skittish gait so true to nature that Miss Abigail herself was obliged to admit the cleverness of the imitation.英文原著 · 《The Story of a Bad Boy》
"Brer Fox ain't sayin' nuthin' 'tall. He des rack off, he did, en keep his mouf shet, en Brer Rabbit know'd der wuz bizness cookin' up fer him, en he feel monstus skittish. Brer Fox amble on twel he git in de long lane, outer sight er Miss Meadows's house, en den he tu'n loose, he did. He rip en he ra'r, en he cuss, en he swar; he snort en he cavort."英文原著 · 《Uncle Remus》
Well... Well, they've known each other a long time, And Penny grew up around horses, So she knows how to approach him without making him skittish.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》