单词	caress
释义	caress1 verbcaress2 noun caressca‧ress1 /kəˈres/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE caress Simple Form Present I, you, we, they caress he, she, it caresses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they caressed Present perfect I, you, we, they have caressed he, she, it has caressed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had caressed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will caress Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have caressed Continuous Form Present I am caressing he, she, it is caressing you, we, they are caressing Past I, he, she, it was caressing you, we, they were caressing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been caressing he, she, it has been caressing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been caressing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be caressing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been caressing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Barbara held the tiny baby close and caressed his cheek. He began caressing her with a surprising gentleness. Stan lovingly caressed my cheek. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Cameras caress them from every angle. Looming over the Everqueen it reached out to caress her cheek with its claw. She wanted so much to hold, touch, and caress her. She was caressing his face when the phone rang, making them both jump a little. The sunlight caressed the crimson and white chrysanthemums in the abandoned courtyard. Their hands - podgy, thin, freckled or pale - touched everything, prodding, caressing, tickling, squeezing. Thesaurus THESAURUStouch somebody gently or lovingly► stroke to move your hand gently over something, especially in a loving way: · She stroked the child’s hair.· Our cat won’t let people stroke him. ► pat to touch an animal or child lightly several times, with your hand flat: · He knelt down to pat the dog.· She patted the little boy’s head. ► pet to touch and move your hand gently over someone, especially an animal or child: · The goats, pigs, sheep, and cows here allow you to pet them. ► caress to gently touch a part of someone’s body in a loving way: · a mother caressing her child· She caressed his cheek. ► fondle to touch a part of someone’s body in a loving or sexual way – use this especially about touching someone in a sexual way that is not wanted: · He tried to fondle her and she immediately pulled away from him. Longman Language Activatorto touch someone or something in a gentle or loving way► stroke to move your hand or fingers over part of someone's body in a gentle, loving way: · Miss Poole calmed herself by stroking the cat's fur.· Her mother sat beside her and stroked her forehead until she fell asleep again.· The old priest stroked his white beard as he listened. ► pat to touch someone lightly several times with the flat part of your hand, in order to comfort them or to show them that you are pleased: · "Don't worry," he said, patting her hand gently.· "The baby's due in March," Caroline said grinning and patting her stomach.pat somebody on the shoulder/arm/head etc: · She bent down and patted the dog on the head. ► tickle to run your fingers quickly and gently over a sensitive part of someone's body, in order to make them laugh: · I hate being tickled.· When I was little my older brother would tickle me till tears ran down my face. ► caress to move your hand or fingers gently over part of someone's body in a gentle, loving, or sexual way: · Barbara held the tiny baby close and caressed his cheek.· He began caressing her with a surprising gentleness. ► fondle to move your hand or fingers over a part of someone's body in a loving or sexual way - use this especially about touching someone in a sexual way that is not wanted: · He sat fondling her feet as she lay back in the armchair.· The women allege that top male executives routinely fondled female employees. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► finger · She moved her fingers delicately as if caressing the wind. ► hair · He put out a hand and caressed her hair, her head, with tenderness and, she thought, curious detachment.· She laughed at that, came closer, caressed his hair in a sloppy way as if scared of getting too mushy. ► hand · His lips were firm and damp enough, the hand that caressed her face dry and sinewy.· He put out a hand and caressed her hair, her head, with tenderness and, she thought, curious detachment. 1 especially literary to touch someone gently in a way that shows you love them SYN  stroke:  His hands gently caressed her body.► see thesaurus at touch2 literary to touch something gently, in a way that seems pleasant or romantic:  Waves caressed the shore. caress1 verbcaress2 noun caresscaress2 noun [countable] especially literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINcaress2 Origin: 1600-1700 French caresse, from Italian carezza, from caro ‘dear’, from Latin carus; ➔ CHARITY Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He observed naughtily, subtly, wittily, passively, on occasion with a feline caress. Her body was a new one under his sensual caresses, reborn for this man who held her heart. Skye stood by the hotel bus, basking in the unfamiliar caress. So light a caress to do so much! Suddenly it was no longer enough to accept his caresses without responding. There was no inhuman obscene caress, no acid caking on her flesh. Yet the caress of his meaning was delicate as the first green fronds of spring. a gentle touch or kiss that shows you love someone
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