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.