"extreme nervousness," 1925, American English, perhaps an alteration of dialectal chitter "tremble, shiver," from Middle English chittern "to twitter, chatter."
例文
1. I had a case of the jitters during my first two speeches.
私は最初の2回の講演で非常に緊張しました。
2.Officials feared that any public announcements would only increase market jitters .
政府当局者は、いかなる公開声明も市場のパニックを増幅させるだけではないかと懸念している。
3.I always get the jitters before exams.
試験前はいつも緊張していました。/
4.The whole city had the jitters from the bombing.
町中の人々が爆撃に心を痛めている。
5.Louise had the pre-wedding jitters so badly she nearly didn 't make it to the church.