tease
tease
verb
[with obj.]
teasingly
adverb
语源
verb
[with obj.]
- make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way
戏弄，逗弄；取笑；招惹
I used to tease her about being so house-proud.
以前我常取笑她太顾家了。
[no obj.]she was just teasing.
她只是在逗乐罢了。
[with direct speech]‘Think you're clever, don't you?’ she teased.
她取笑说：“你认为自己够聪明，是不是？”。
■tempt (someone) sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused
挑逗，撩拨 - [with obj. and adverbial of direction]gently pull or comb (something tangled, especially wool or hair) into separate strands
梳理（羊毛、头发等）
she was teasing out the curls into her usual hairstyle.
她正把卷发梳整成她平常的发型。
■(tease something out)(figurative)find something out from a mass of irrelevant information
(喻)拣选出（信息等）
a historian who tries to tease out the truth.
努力要查清真相的历史学家。
■(chiefly N. Amer.)backcomb (hair) in order to make it appear fuller
(主北美)（为使头发显得蓬松隆起而）回梳，逆梳
■(archaic)comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap
(古)给（织物）起绒（或拉毛）
- (informal)a person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly
(非正式)戏弄他人者
■a person who tempts someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused
挑逗者，撩拨者
■[in sing.]an act of making fun of or tempting someone
戏弄；取笑；挑逗
she couldn't resist a gentle tease.
她忍不住开了个善意的玩笑。
teasingly
adverb
语源
- Old English tǣsan (in sense 2), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch teezen and German dialect zeisen, also to teasel. Sense 1 is a development of the earlier and more serious 'irritate by annoying actions' (early 17th cent.), a figurative use of the word's original sense
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