Tease
[tiːz] or [tiz]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:卢瑟--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:维维恩
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Worry, vex, plague, annoy, torment, molest, irritate, harass, tantalize, badger, chafe, hector, harry, pester, bother, trouble.
整理:泰勒
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Vex, harass, annoy, disturb, irritate, plague, torment, tantalize, provoke,worry, badger
ANT:Soothe, gratify, please, delight, fascinate, enrapture
校對:洛丽
解釋/意思:
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.
狄伦編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Tease calmness of manner and presence of mind! 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She would hesitate, she would tease, she would condition, she would require a great deal, but she would finally accept. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I wanted to tease you a little to make you less sad: I thought anger would be better than grief. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Beauty is never so beautiful as when, if I tease it, it wreathes back on me with spirit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I hope she will not tease my poor pug, said Lady Bertram; I have but just got Julia to leave it alone. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- True, he had bid me make my own experiments--tease and try him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I give you leave, returned Laurie, who enjoyed having someone to tease, after his long abstinence from his favorite pastime. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Othello with his occupation gone, she teased. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I went back and teased Dr. John about Madame's devotion to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Amy bridled up at this insult, and determined to find out the secret, if she teased for an hour. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It will be _her_ turn soon to be teased, said Miss Lucas. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- One is sometimes teased into going out, till one acquires a sort of habit of society, which it becomes difficult to throw off. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I want rest, said I, and I cannot be teased just now. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Now, Graham, I will not have that child teased. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Thus did this provoking creature delight in teasing me, and the next half-hour he would seem passionately devoted to me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- She seemed to delight in teasing me, which was a change in her I wondered at very much. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I planned it, and she only gave in after lots of teasing. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She attracted him more than he liked--and Miss Bingley was uncivil to _her_, and more teasing than usual to himself. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Towards midnight the teasing, monotonous bark of the house-dog disturbed the quietude of their vigil. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He had spent two years teasing me and I had always liked it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I begged Mr. Robinson not to lose his time in teasing me when I was out of spirits. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The dry, sharp cough, which teases him at most times, seemed to be troubling him more incessantly than ever. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Lord Berwick teases Julia and me from morning till night. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
校對:卡特里娜