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单词 tease
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tease

/tiːz/
with obj.
1
make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way
戏弄, 逗弄; 取笑; 招惹:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

以前我常取笑她太夸耀自己家了

no obj. she was just teasing

她只是在逗乐罢了

with direct speech 'Think you're clever, don't you?' she teased.

她取笑说:“你认为自己够聪明, 是不是?”

1.1
tempt (someone) sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused
挑逗, 撩拨。
2
with obj. and adverbial of direction gently pull or comb (something tangled, especially wool or hair) into separate strands
梳理(羊毛、头发等):

she was teasing out the curls into her usual hairstyle.

她正把卷发梳整成她平常的发型。

2.1

tease something out

figurative find something out from a mass of irrelevant information
〈喻〉拣选出(信息等):

a historian who tries to tease out the truth.

努力要查出真相的历史学家。

2.2
chiefly N. Amer. backcomb (hair) in order to make it appear fuller
〈主北美〉(为使头发显得蓬松隆起而)回梳, 逆梳。
2.3
archaic comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap
〈古〉给(织物)起绒(或拉毛)。
1
informal a person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly
〈非正式〉戏弄他人者。
1.1
a person who tempts someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused
挑逗者, 撩拨者。
1.2
in sing. an act of making fun of or tempting someone
戏弄; 取笑; 挑逗:

she couldn't resist a gentle tease.

她忍不住开了个善意的玩笑。

派生词

teasingly

adverb
词源
Old English tǣsan (in sense 2), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch teezen and German dialect zeisen, also to TEASEL. Sense 1 is a development of the earlier and more serious 'irritate by annoying actions' (early 17th cent.), a figurative use of the word's original sense.
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