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| 1 | I/T to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in a friendly or unkind way 逗弄；戏弄；取笑 |
| I didn’ t mean it: I was only teasing. 我不是说真的，我只是闹着玩而已。 |
| tease sb about sb/sth John’ s always teasing me about my accent. 约翰老是拿我的口音寻开心。 |
| | 1a | T to annoy an animal in order to have fun 逗弄（动物） | |
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| 2 | I/T to make someone think that you are willing to have sex with them when you are not 挑逗；撩拨 |
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| 3 | T AMERICAN to make your hair look thicker by holding the end of it and moving a comb down through it towards your head to backcomb your hair （为使头发显得厚而）回梳，逆梳 |
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| 4 | tease T to separate a group or knot of pieces of hair , string etc into individual pieces 梳理 |
| The wool is teased into longer and straighter fibres. 羊毛被梳理成了更长更直的羊毛纤维。 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌtease ˈout |
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| 1 | to succeed in discovering something difficult , complicated , or secret 理清；弄清 |
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| 2 | tease1 4 | Tease out some of the roots before replanting. 把一些根梳理一下再重新栽种。 | |
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