| 单词 | tease |
| 释义 | tease (tiːz ) Word forms: teases , teasing , teased 1. verb B2 To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him. [VERB noun] He teased me mercilessly about going to Hollywood. [VERB noun + about] 'You must be expecting a young man,' she teased. [VERB with quote] Synonyms: mock, bait, wind up [British, slang], worry Tease is also a noun. Calling her by her real name had always been one of his teases. teasing uncountable noun [oft the NOUN] B2 She tolerated the teasing, until the fourth grade. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they like laughing at people or making jokes about them. My brother's such a tease. The best way to deal with a tease is to ignore him. 3. verb B2 If you say that someone is teasing, you mean that they are pretending to offer you something that you want, especially sex, but then not giving it to you. I thought she was teasing, playing the innocent, but looking back, I'm not so sure. [VERB] When did you last flirt with him or tease him? [VERB noun] Synonyms: tantalize, lead on, flirt with, titillate 4. countable noun [usually singular] If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they pretend to offer someone what they want, especially sex, but then do not give it to them. [disapproval] The other girls told me he was a tease so I kept my distance at first. 5. See also striptease, teasing Phrasal verbs: tease out phrasal verb If you tease out information or a solution, you succeed in obtaining it even though this is difficult. They try to tease out the answers without appearing to ask. [VERB PARTICLE noun] There had to be an answer–he was sure he could tease it out if only he had time. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Translations: Chinese: 戏弄 Japanese: からかう |
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