nerveless

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

nerve‧less/ˈnɜːvləs $ ˈnɜːrv-/ adjective written
[Word Family: adjective: nervous, nerveless, nerve-racking, nervy, unnerving; noun: nerve, nerves, nervousness; verb: nerve, unnerve; adverb: nervously]
used to describe someone’s fingers when they cannot hold something firmly, especially because they have had a shock:
　 ▪ The key fell from her suddenly nerveless fingers.

adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A nerveless downhill rider can take two minutes out of a cautious descender in just 20 kilometres.
▪ Alida Thorne, soft and nerveless and firmly-bounded as a fruit, expected at least one, possibly two, small parcels.
▪ She put nerveless fingertips to her hot cheeks.
▪ Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor.
▪ The arms, suddenly nerveless, dropped me, and the Shetland sweater retreated smartly.
▪ The knife dropped from Grant's nerveless fingers and he staggered back, throwing up his right arm to shield his face.
▪ Tufnell produced two nerveless overs straight after the break to keep Wright fretting one short of a seemingly inevitable hundred.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  feeble, cool, coolheaded