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kiss/kis/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. touch with the lips, esp. as a sign of love, affection, greeting, or reverence 吻(尤指表示爱情、喜爱、欢迎或尊敬) 2 tr. express (greeting or farewell) in this way 以吻表示(欢迎、送别) 3 absol. [含宾] (of two persons) touch each others' lips in this way (两人)接吻 4 tr. (also absol. [亦含宾]) (of a snooker ball etc. in motion) lightly touch (another ball) (运动中的台球等)轻碰,轻触(另一球) ●n. 1 a touch with the lips in kissing 吻 2 the slight impact when one snooker ball etc. lightly touches another (台球等的)轻碰 3 a small sweetmeat or piece of confectionery 糖果;蜜饯 □ kiss and tell recount one's sexual exploits 披露性史,讲述绯闻 □ kiss a person's arse coarse slang act obsequiously towards a person [粗俗俚语]拍某人马屁,巴结 □ kiss away remove (tears etc.) by kissing 吻掉(眼泪等) □ kiss the dust submit abjectly; be overthrown 卑躬屈膝;被打败 □ kiss goodbye to colloq. accept the loss of [口]承认失败 □ kiss the ground prostrate oneself as a token of homage 俯伏致敬,匍伏在地(表示恭顺) □ kiss off esp. N. Amer. slang [尤北美] [俚语] 1 dismiss, get rid of 解雇;摆脱 2 go away, die 离去;死 □ kiss the rod accept chastisement submissively 甘心受罚 □ kissable adj.[Old English cyssan, from Germanic] |