tick·le
verb/ˈtɪkl/
/ˈtɪkl/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tickle | /ˈtɪkl/ /ˈtɪkl/ |
| he / she / it tickles | /ˈtɪklz/ /ˈtɪklz/ |
| past simple tickled | /ˈtɪkld/ /ˈtɪkld/ |
| past participle tickled | /ˈtɪkld/ /ˈtɪkld/ |
| -ing form tickling | /ˈtɪklɪŋ/ /ˈtɪklɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] tickle (somebody/something) to move your fingers on a sensitive part of somebody’s body in a way that makes them laugh
呵痒；胳肢 - The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me.
比我高大的女孩过去总是追赶着胳肢我。 - I tickled his feet with a feather.
我用一根羽毛挠他的脚。 - Stop tickling!
别胳肢了！
- The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me.
- [transitive, intransitive] tickle (something) to produce a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a sensitive part of the body; to have a feeling like this
（使）发痒 - His beard was tickling her cheek.
他的胡须扎得她的面颊痒痒的。 - My throat tickles.
我嗓子发痒。 - a tickling cough
痒咳
- His beard was tickling her cheek.
- [transitive] to please and interest somebody
逗乐；使高兴；使感兴趣；使满足 - tickle somebody/something to tickle somebody’s imagination
满足某人的想象力 - tickle somebody to do something I was tickled to discover that we'd both done the same thing.
我高兴地发现我俩在做同样的事。
- tickle somebody/something to tickle somebody’s imagination
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be delighted or thrilled’): perhaps a frequentative of the verb tick, or an alteration of Scots and dialect kittle ‘to tickle’.
Idioms
be tickled pink
- (informal) to be very pleased
高兴极了；非常开心 - She was tickled pink to be given flowers.
收到鲜花她感到很高兴。
- She was tickled pink to be given flowers.
tickle somebody’s fancy
- (informal) to please somebody
使觉得好玩；使开心 - See if any of these tickle your fancy.
看看这里面是否有你喜欢的。 - If you see something that tickles your fancy, I’ll buy it for you.
如果你看到一些让你喜欢的东西，我会买给你。
- See if any of these tickle your fancy.