no obj.
1- (of a person or a part of their body) experience a slight prickling or stinging sensation(人, 身体部位)感到刺痛; 受到刺激:
she was tingling with excitement.
她激动不已。
1.1
- with obj. cause to experience such a sensation使感到刺痛; 刺激:
a standing ovation that tingled your spine.
使你脊椎感到刺痛的长时间起立鼓掌。
1.2
- no obj., with adverbial(of such a sensation) be experienced in a part of one's body(刺痛或刺激从身体部位)生发, 产生:
shivers tingled down the length of her spine.
她浑身都在发抖。
- a slight prickling or stinging sensation刺痛; 刺激:
she felt a tingle in the back of her neck
她觉得颈后有刺痛感
a tingle of anticipation.
激动人心的等待。
词源
late Middle English.: perhaps a variant of TINKLE. The original notion was perhaps 'ring in response to a loud noise', but the term was very early applied to the result of hearing something shocking.
- an S-shaped metal clip used to support heavy panes of glass or slates on a roof.(用于支撑窗户玻璃或石板瓦的)S形金属固定夹片。
词源
Middle English (denoting a small tack): related to Middle High German zingel 'small tack or hook', probably from a Germanic base meaning 'fasten'. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.