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单词 tousle
释义
tousletou‧sle /ˈtaʊzəl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtousle
Origin:
1400-1500 touse ‘to pull roughly’ (14-19 centuries)
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
tousle
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytousle
he, she, ittousles
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytousled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave tousled
he, she, ithas tousled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad tousled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill tousle
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have tousled
Continuous Form
PresentIam tousling
he, she, itis tousling
you, we, theyare tousling
PastI, he, she, itwas tousling
you, we, theywere tousling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been tousling
he, she, ithas been tousling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been tousling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be tousling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been tousling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He could sec her troubled eyebrows, her tousled hair as she sat brooding about what might be happening in Rome.
  • Her hair, which Polly had thought a mess, might also have been described as gloriously tousled, ravishingly unkempt.
  • His hair was all tousled, a scarf round his neck, touching his braces.
  • It would have been too similar to the accompanying picture featuring a slightly tousled Stafford kissing Celestine.
  • She was smiling out at him, her long blond hair tousled.
  • Springing up, she smoothed back her tousled hair and hurriedly unbolted the door to Bethany smiling at her.
  • Two great tousled blonde manes with platinum highlights.
  • Under the tousle of thick blond hair, he looks like a small child again.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
especially literary (=a little untidy, in a way that looks attractive)· his youthfully handsome face and tousled hair that hung untidily over his collar
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· She was smiling out at him, her long blond hair tousled.· His eyes were ice-blue, his hair soft and tousled brown, his mustache immaculately trimmed.· His hair was all tousled, a scarf round his neck, touching his braces.· His tie was pulled loose, his shirt unbuttoned, and his hair was tousled.· By Sloanes For Hair Sexy long, blonde hair has been tousled with styling mousse.
to make someone’s hair look untidy
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