1 V-RECIP 吻；亲吻 If you kiss someone, you touch them with your lips to show affection or sexual desire, or to greet them or say goodbye. 吻；亲吻
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She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. [VERB noun + on]
她倾身向前亲吻了他的面颊。
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She kissed me hard on the mouth. [NON-RECIP: V n]
她深深地吻了我的嘴。
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Her parents kissed her goodbye as she set off from their home. [VERB noun noun]
她动身离开父母家时父母和她吻别。
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They kissed for almost half a minute. [VERB]
他们吻了将近半分钟。
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We kissed goodbye. [VERB noun]
我们吻别了。
SYN peck [informal] , osculate, snog [British , slang] , neck [informal]
2 VERB 轻吻（以示尊敬） If you kiss something, you touch it lightly with your lips, usually as a sign of respect. 轻吻（以示尊敬）
3 VERB 轻拂；轻触 If you say that something kisses another thing, you mean that it touches that thing very gently. 轻拂；轻触
SYN brush, touch, shave, scrape
4 PHRASE 飞吻 If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection. 飞吻
5 PHRASE 任其失去；放弃；承认对…无能为力 If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to. 任其失去；放弃；承认对…无能为力 [informal]
Quotations
You must not kiss and tell William Congreve Love for Love
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands H.L. Mencken A Mencken Chrestomathy
The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle, complimentary way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before F. Scott Fitzgerald The Crack-Up
You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh;
The fundamental things apply,
As time goes by Herman Hupfeld As Time Goes By
| Word Partnership | Use kiss with: |
| ADJ. | big kiss, first kiss, quick kiss 1 |
| VERB. | give someone a kiss, plant a kiss on someone, want to kiss someone 1 |
| N. | kiss someone on the cheek/lips/mouth, kiss (someone) goodbye/goodnight, hug and kiss 1 |
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