Tease

[tiːz] or [tiz]

解释:

(noun.) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; 'he ignored their teases'; 'his ribbing was gentle but persistent'.

(noun.) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).

(verb.) ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.

(verb.) harass with persistent criticism or carping; 'The children teased the new teacher'; 'Don't ride me so hard over my failure'; 'His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie'.

(verb.) mock or make fun of playfully; 'the flirting man teased the young woman'.

(verb.) separate the fibers of; 'tease wool'.

(verb.) disentangle and raise the fibers of; 'tease wool'.

(verb.) raise the nap of (fabrics).

(verb.) tear into pieces; 'tease tissue for microscopic examinations'.

(verb.) annoy persistently; 'The children teased the boy because of his stammer'.

(verb.) to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; 'The advertisement is intended to tease the customers'; 'She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior'.

校对:卢瑟--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To comb or card, as wool or flax.

(v. t.) To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

(v. t.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

(v. t.) To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.

(n.) One who teases or plagues.

录入:维维恩

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Worry, vex, plague, annoy, torment, molest, irritate, harass, tantalize, badger, chafe, hector, harry, pester, bother, trouble.

整理:泰勒

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Vex, harass, annoy, disturb, irritate, plague, torment, tantalize, provoke,worry, badger

ANT:Soothe, gratify, please, delight, fascinate, enrapture

校对:洛丽

解释:

v.t. to comb or card as wool: to scratch as cloth: to raise a nap: to vex with importunity jests &c.: to torment irritate.—n. one who teases or torments.—n. Teas′er one who teases out anything: the stoker of a glass-works furnace.—adj. Teas′ing vexatious.—adv. Teas′ingly.

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