单词 | kiss |
释义 | verb | noun kisskiss1 /kɪs/ ●●● S2 W3 verb 1SHOW LOVE/GREETING [intransitive, transitive] to touch someone with your lips as a greeting, or to show love: They kissed briefly, and then he left. Did you kiss Daddy goodnight?kiss somebody on the lips/cheek etc. He kissed her gently on the cheek.2SHOW RESPECT [transitive] to touch something with your lips as a sign of respect: Each person knelt before the Pope and kissed his ring.3kiss something goodbye informal used when you think it is certain that someone will lose his or her chance to get or do something: After that mistake, you can kiss your promotion goodbye.4kiss something away/better spoken an expression meaning to take away the pain of something by kissing someone, used especially with children: Here, let Mommy kiss it better.5SUN/RAIN ETC. [transitive] literary if the sun, rain, etc. kisses something, it gently touches or moves it[Origin: Old English cyssan]kiss up to somebody phrasal verb spoken to try to please someone in order to get him or her to do something for you: Chuck’s always kissing up to the teacher. verb | noun kisskiss2 ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1an act of kissing: Do you remember your first kiss? I leaned over and gave her a kiss.kiss on He gave me a kiss on my forehead. The two shared a passionate kiss.2the kiss of death humorous something that makes a plan, activity, business, etc. fail: An NC-17 rating can be the kiss of death for a movie. → see also air kiss, blow somebody a kiss at blow1 (8), French kissCOLLOCATIONSverbsgive somebody a kiss Come and give me a kiss.blow somebody a kiss (=kiss your hand and then blow across it toward someone) Joe blew her a kiss and waved goodbye.plant a kiss on somebody’s cheek/forehead etc. (=kiss someone on their cheek, forehead, etc.) Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter’s forehead.adjectives/nouns + kissa big kiss She put her arms around him and gave him a big kiss.a little kiss She gave her father a little kiss on the cheek.a quick kiss He gave her a quick kiss before leaving for work.a soft/tender kiss She could still feel that last tender kiss.a passionate kiss Her passionate kiss took him by surprise.a long/lingering kiss He gave her a long, slow, lingering kiss.a sloppy/wet kiss (=a kiss with wet lips) Her little boy gave her a sloppy kiss on the cheek.a goodnight kiss (=when saying goodnight to someone) Don’t go to bed without your goodnight kiss!a goodbye/farewell kiss (=when saying goodbye to someone) Her grandfather bent down for a goodbye kiss.somebody’s first kiss Where were you when you had your first kiss?a French kiss (=a romantic kiss using your tongue) She would have to know him better before giving him a French kiss.an air kiss (=when you kiss the air beside someone’s cheek) The actors greeted one another with air kisses. |
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