| 释义 |
Definition of tweak in English: tweakverb twiːktwik 1with object Twist or pull (something) sharply. Example sentencesExamples - He's had the flu, he tweaked a groin and he pulled a hamstring 10 days ago.
- While talking, he tweaks the pleat of a heavy curtain, already perfectly aligned.
- Downes was due to be included in the senior squad to face Boston United at Bootham Crescent today but tweaked his medial knee ligaments in training yesterday.
- He reached over and gently broke the rubber band like cheese, tweaking her nose as well before pulling away.
- Jackson was to see a specialist after suffering a recurrence of a back problem on Sunday, while the centre tweaked a hamstring.
- When another had objected he had tweaked the boy's nose.
- He hopes to play despite tweaking a hamstring on Boxing Day.
- I've tweaked a muscle in my back tying up my shoes.
- ‘The last contact I had with him was when I tweaked his toes in the back of the ambulance,’ said Carol.
- George has tweaked some small part of his left foot, and for a week or two will be walking no further than the freezer for his therapeutic frozen peas.
Synonyms pull sharply, twist, tug, pinch, nip, twitch, squeeze, jerk 2informal with object Improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it. engineers tweak the car's operating systems during the race Example sentencesExamples - I think I can soon fix some of that by tweaking the contrast.
- If things look just a wee bit different, it's because I tweaked the typeface and size to make things slightly easier on my tired eyes.
- ‘We have tweaked things a little since then and never looked back in the league since,’ he said.
- According to the actors, the director tweaks his screenplay a little.
- If he tweaks the package correctly in the next few days, he'll have the Democratic votes he needs to get these measures on the ballot in March.
- Someone else told me a better analogy is tweaking your résumé to highlight the good bits and not mention the dodgy ones.
- No project approved under the new system is yet finished, and the process is still being tweaked.
- I generally take an evening during the week to pull together everything into one polished idea and then tweak it when I think of it.
- It must be true - we're tweaking the web site to say it's so.
- In the past, only the most computer-savvy users were able to understand and tweak these key processes.
- The suspension has also been tweaked - air springs are now included as standard - and the steering modified.
- You'll get an email every time there's a new post but by tweaking your personal settings you can receive a daily email of all the posts together.
- When we eventually got back to the office, I wrote the story up and emailed it to James, who tweaked a few things and came back to me to talk me through the changes he'd made.
- After several weeks of tuning and tweaking the system, he achieved the results he wanted.
- He should push harder on some innovative ways to tweak the welfare system.
- Now Rosales and his associate are spending many hours tweaking the sounds to perfection.
- Before next season, the league needs to tweak the playoff system and introduce a refined seeding approach.
- There have been a lot of technical problems and the computer system is still being tweaked.
- There's always the possibility of adding something or tweaking a little bit.
- Clearly miffed, he retired to the pits to have the rear suspension and rear wing of his car tweaked in order to give him more downforce and better grip.
Synonyms adjust, make adjustments to, modify, alter, make alterations to, change, adapt refine, improve, make improvements to 3US informal Become or cause to become agitated or excited, typically from taking amphetamines or another stimulant. no object I just about went crazy yesterday—I was totally tweaking out with object caffeine is a natural mood elevator but if you're stressed to begin with it can kind of tweak you out Example sentencesExamples - I like how meth – as it's supposed to – tweaks me out.
- Well, even if the idea of tweaking out on malt liquor doesn't appeal to you, there should be lots of local goings-on that should.
- I come up with amazingly intelligent things to say when I tweak.
- We were tweaking out - you know like, when you're either on a drug, or on some level of complexity where you take one degree of a 360 degree spectrum, but then analyse it from a whole other dimension.
- We were tweaking hard all night every night.
- We were smoking weed in our circle when the guy who looked like he was tweaked out of his mind comes stumbling though us.
- I am very un-nerved by this and being alone in the apartment with a kitten who is tweaking out because of it.
- I was always tweaked and I looked like a fall-down drunk.
- i haven't slept for a few days which tweaks me out and makes me a serious mess.
- Witnesses say he was tweaked out and acting crazy.
noun twiːktwik 1A sharp twist or pull. Example sentencesExamples - Seemingly reading her mind, he leaned a little farther over the table, purposely reaching for one of her long braids and giving it a tweak.
- Lynn, aged 45, of Blackstone Edge, is chief physiotherapist for the UK team and will have overall responsibility for looking after the tweaks and twinges of hundreds of competitors.
- I gave Michael's ear an affectionate last tweak before releasing it.
- Once there he would preen himself and settle down quite quietly, giving my hair an affectionate tweak from time to time.
- He is simply looking to confirm his recovery from a hamstring tweak sustained in the warm-up game against Halifax.
Synonyms sharp pull, twist, tug, pinch, nip, twitch, squeeze, jerk 2informal A fine adjustment to a mechanism or system. Example sentencesExamples - But along the way, those of you familiar with the series will notice a few subtle, incredibly effective tweaks and adjustments that will alter the whole way you think about real time strategy gaming.
- A number of tweaks have been made to accelerate the pace of the game, making matches a much harder fought battle on the hard court.
- While the vehicle on the whole remains very similar in looks, some tweaks have been made to the visage of this SUV.
- The concept of comparing two players in a variety of categories will remain the same, but I'm unveiling a few tweaks to the scoring system.
- In fact, it's obvious that the most noticeable tweaks will involve cleaning up the language.
- Just a few tweaks and it'll be fine and working again.
- Is there anything large that can still be done, or will improvements come in subtle adjustments such as the expected interface tweaks?
- During development, how much room do we have to make tweaks and adjustments?
- The good news is that stress-induced pounds will melt away with a few tweaks to your diet, exercise, and stress-management tools.
- What a difference some text tweaks, minor cast changes and a bit of fine tuning in staging make.
- Yes, the technology is still in need of some tweaks and adjustments, but nothing is perfect straight from prototype.
- Such tweaks to the system may help, but they're unlikely to boost German growth enough to radically cut unemployment.
- With a few tweaks and adjustments (for example, slightly longer hair), he'd be very suitable!
- Most owners say their existing systems are fairly sound, requiring mostly tweaks and upgrades.
- Whether you make minor tweaks or major adjustments, no one wants to start the season on a negative note.
- Similar to the ultra-realistic damage system, these tweaks all have a clear impact on how your car will perform based on road conditions.
- Here there is little or no help, but a small tweak to the taxation system could make an enormous difference to stay-at-home mothers.
- Each year requires a little tweak here and there.
- The storyline is decent, basically a rehash of the original told with a few tweaks and twists.
- Should the clubs address the whole issue of who runs Scottish rugby or is the present system workable with a minor tweak here and there?
Synonyms adjustment, modification, alteration, change, adaptation refinement, improvement
Derivatives noun Given the band's highly minimalist style, the tweakers are forced to use the subtlety and restraint usually missing from remixes, tastefully embellishing the songs without being overly distracting. Example sentencesExamples - This should be more than enough voltage adjustment for your avid tweaker.
- In the U.S., gene tweakers developed the Narragansett turkey - named after Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.
- This will make system tweakers particularly happy.
- Well, follow the link to find out what the tweakers thought.
Origin Early 17th century: probably an alteration of dialect twick 'pull sharply'; related to twitch. Rhymes antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak Definition of tweak in US English: tweakverbtwiktwēk [with object]1Twist or pull (something) sharply. Example sentencesExamples - ‘The last contact I had with him was when I tweaked his toes in the back of the ambulance,’ said Carol.
- Jackson was to see a specialist after suffering a recurrence of a back problem on Sunday, while the centre tweaked a hamstring.
- While talking, he tweaks the pleat of a heavy curtain, already perfectly aligned.
- He's had the flu, he tweaked a groin and he pulled a hamstring 10 days ago.
- He reached over and gently broke the rubber band like cheese, tweaking her nose as well before pulling away.
- Downes was due to be included in the senior squad to face Boston United at Bootham Crescent today but tweaked his medial knee ligaments in training yesterday.
- He hopes to play despite tweaking a hamstring on Boxing Day.
- George has tweaked some small part of his left foot, and for a week or two will be walking no further than the freezer for his therapeutic frozen peas.
- When another had objected he had tweaked the boy's nose.
- I've tweaked a muscle in my back tying up my shoes.
Synonyms pull sharply, twist, tug, pinch, nip, twitch, squeeze, jerk 2informal Improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it. engineers tweak the car's operating systems during the race Example sentencesExamples - If things look just a wee bit different, it's because I tweaked the typeface and size to make things slightly easier on my tired eyes.
- You'll get an email every time there's a new post but by tweaking your personal settings you can receive a daily email of all the posts together.
- If he tweaks the package correctly in the next few days, he'll have the Democratic votes he needs to get these measures on the ballot in March.
- After several weeks of tuning and tweaking the system, he achieved the results he wanted.
- According to the actors, the director tweaks his screenplay a little.
- ‘We have tweaked things a little since then and never looked back in the league since,’ he said.
- I think I can soon fix some of that by tweaking the contrast.
- He should push harder on some innovative ways to tweak the welfare system.
- No project approved under the new system is yet finished, and the process is still being tweaked.
- Before next season, the league needs to tweak the playoff system and introduce a refined seeding approach.
- In the past, only the most computer-savvy users were able to understand and tweak these key processes.
- There's always the possibility of adding something or tweaking a little bit.
- Now Rosales and his associate are spending many hours tweaking the sounds to perfection.
- When we eventually got back to the office, I wrote the story up and emailed it to James, who tweaked a few things and came back to me to talk me through the changes he'd made.
- The suspension has also been tweaked - air springs are now included as standard - and the steering modified.
- Clearly miffed, he retired to the pits to have the rear suspension and rear wing of his car tweaked in order to give him more downforce and better grip.
- There have been a lot of technical problems and the computer system is still being tweaked.
- I generally take an evening during the week to pull together everything into one polished idea and then tweak it when I think of it.
- It must be true - we're tweaking the web site to say it's so.
- Someone else told me a better analogy is tweaking your résumé to highlight the good bits and not mention the dodgy ones.
Synonyms adjust, make adjustments to, modify, alter, make alterations to, change, adapt 3US informal Become or cause to become agitated or excited, typically from taking amphetamines or another stimulant. no object I just about went crazy yesterday—I was totally tweaking out with object caffeine is a natural mood elevator but if you're stressed to begin with it can kind of tweak you out Example sentencesExamples - I am very un-nerved by this and being alone in the apartment with a kitten who is tweaking out because of it.
- I like how meth – as it's supposed to – tweaks me out.
- We were tweaking hard all night every night.
- We were smoking weed in our circle when the guy who looked like he was tweaked out of his mind comes stumbling though us.
- I come up with amazingly intelligent things to say when I tweak.
- Well, even if the idea of tweaking out on malt liquor doesn't appeal to you, there should be lots of local goings-on that should.
- We were tweaking out - you know like, when you're either on a drug, or on some level of complexity where you take one degree of a 360 degree spectrum, but then analyse it from a whole other dimension.
- Witnesses say he was tweaked out and acting crazy.
- I was always tweaked and I looked like a fall-down drunk.
- i haven't slept for a few days which tweaks me out and makes me a serious mess.
nountwiktwēk 1A sharp twist or pull. Example sentencesExamples - He is simply looking to confirm his recovery from a hamstring tweak sustained in the warm-up game against Halifax.
- Once there he would preen himself and settle down quite quietly, giving my hair an affectionate tweak from time to time.
- Seemingly reading her mind, he leaned a little farther over the table, purposely reaching for one of her long braids and giving it a tweak.
- Lynn, aged 45, of Blackstone Edge, is chief physiotherapist for the UK team and will have overall responsibility for looking after the tweaks and twinges of hundreds of competitors.
- I gave Michael's ear an affectionate last tweak before releasing it.
Synonyms sharp pull, twist, tug, pinch, nip, twitch, squeeze, jerk 2informal A fine adjustment to a mechanism or system. Example sentencesExamples - Similar to the ultra-realistic damage system, these tweaks all have a clear impact on how your car will perform based on road conditions.
- Is there anything large that can still be done, or will improvements come in subtle adjustments such as the expected interface tweaks?
- Such tweaks to the system may help, but they're unlikely to boost German growth enough to radically cut unemployment.
- A number of tweaks have been made to accelerate the pace of the game, making matches a much harder fought battle on the hard court.
- The good news is that stress-induced pounds will melt away with a few tweaks to your diet, exercise, and stress-management tools.
- Most owners say their existing systems are fairly sound, requiring mostly tweaks and upgrades.
- While the vehicle on the whole remains very similar in looks, some tweaks have been made to the visage of this SUV.
- During development, how much room do we have to make tweaks and adjustments?
- Just a few tweaks and it'll be fine and working again.
- Yes, the technology is still in need of some tweaks and adjustments, but nothing is perfect straight from prototype.
- Should the clubs address the whole issue of who runs Scottish rugby or is the present system workable with a minor tweak here and there?
- What a difference some text tweaks, minor cast changes and a bit of fine tuning in staging make.
- Whether you make minor tweaks or major adjustments, no one wants to start the season on a negative note.
- The storyline is decent, basically a rehash of the original told with a few tweaks and twists.
- Each year requires a little tweak here and there.
- The concept of comparing two players in a variety of categories will remain the same, but I'm unveiling a few tweaks to the scoring system.
- But along the way, those of you familiar with the series will notice a few subtle, incredibly effective tweaks and adjustments that will alter the whole way you think about real time strategy gaming.
- Here there is little or no help, but a small tweak to the taxation system could make an enormous difference to stay-at-home mothers.
- With a few tweaks and adjustments (for example, slightly longer hair), he'd be very suitable!
- In fact, it's obvious that the most noticeable tweaks will involve cleaning up the language.
Synonyms adjustment, modification, alteration, change, adaptation
Origin Early 17th century: probably an alteration of dialect twick ‘pull sharply’; related to twitch. |