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| /lɪk/ |
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| 1 | I/T to move your tongue across something , especially in order to eat it , clean it , or make it wet 舔；舔吃 |
| The children sat licking ice creams. 孩子们坐着舔吃冰淇淋。 |
| Their dog was still licking itself. 他们的狗还在舔自己。 |
| The kids were licking honey off their fingers. 小孩们在舔自己手指上的蜂蜜。 |
| +at The cat was licking at its injured paw. 猫舔着受伤的爪子。 |
| lick sth clean They would sneak into the kitchen and lick the bowls clean. 它们会偷偷溜进厨房把那些碗舔干净。 |
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| 2 | I/T literary if something such as fire or water licks something , it touches it several times （火焰）吞卷；（浪花）拍打 |
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| 3 | T always passive informal to deal with a difficult problem or situation successfully 成功地处理（难题或困境） |
| have sb/sth licked We’ ll soon have this thing licked. 我们将很快把这件事解决掉。 |
| | 3a | to defeat someone easily in a game or competition （在比赛或竞争中）轻易地打败，胜过（某人） | | They thought they had the opposition licked. 他们认为他们轻松打败了对手。 | |
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| 4 | T informal to hit someone 打；揍 |
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| - | lick sb’ s boots informal
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| to try too hard to please someone in authority |
| 巴结（或奉承）某人 |
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| - | lick your lips
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| 1 | to move your tongue across your lips 舔嘴唇 |
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| 2 | to feel very excited because you think you are going to get something good 向往；切盼 | He licked his lips at the thought of the money he was going to earn. 他一想到将要赚到的那笔钱就觉得心花怒放。 | |
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| - | lick your wounds
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| to think about something bad that has happened and try to feel better about it |
| 自舔伤口；重整旗鼓 |
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