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单词 itch
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itch

verb
/ɪtʃ/
/ɪtʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they itch
/ɪtʃ/
/ɪtʃ/
he / she / it itches
/ˈɪtʃɪz/
/ˈɪtʃɪz/
past simple itched
/ɪtʃt/
/ɪtʃt/
past participle itched
/ɪtʃt/
/ɪtʃt/
-ing form itching
/ˈɪtʃɪŋ/
/ˈɪtʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to have an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch (= rub your skin with your nails); to make your skin feel like this
    • I itch all over.
    • Does the rash itch?
    • This sweater really itches.
    Synonyms hurthurt
    • ache
    • burn
    • sting
    • tingle
    • itch
    • throb
    These are all words that can be used when part of your body feels painful.
    • hurt (of part of your body) to feel painful; (of an action) to cause pain:
      • My feet hurt.
      • Ouch! That hurt!
    • ache to feel a continuous pain that is not severe:
      • I’m aching all over.
    • burn (of part of your body) to feel very hot and painful:
      • Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air.
    • sting to make somebody feel a sharp burning pain or uncomfortable feeling in part of their body; (of part of your body) to feel this pain:
      • My eyes were stinging from the smoke.
    • tingle (of part of your body) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into the skin there:
      • The cold air made her face tingle.
    • itch to have an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; to make your skin feel like this:
      • I itch all over.
      • Does the rash itch?
    • throb (of part of your body) to feel pain as a series of regular beats:
      • His head throbbed painfully.
    Patterns
    • your eyes hurt/​ache/​burn/​sting/​itch
    • your skin hurts/​burns/​stings/​tingles/​itches
    • your flesh hurts/​burns/​stings/​tingles
    • your head hurts/​aches/​throbs
    • your stomach hurts/​aches
    • to really hurt/​ache/​burn/​sting/​tingle/​itch/​throb
    • to hurt/​ache/​sting/​itch badly/​a lot
    • It hurts/​stings/​tingles/​itches.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • terribly
    • constantly
    • positively
    verb + itch
    • make somebody
    preposition
    • for
    • with
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (informal) (often used in the progressive tenses) to want to do something very much
    • itch for something The crowd was itching for a fight.
    • itch to do something He's itching to get back to work.
    Extra Examples
    • He was itching for a chance to show how good he was.
    • Her fingers positively itched with the desire to slap his face.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • terribly
    • constantly
    • positively
    verb + itch
    • make somebody
    preposition
    • for
    • with
    See full entry
  3. Word OriginOld English gycce (noun), gyccan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeuk (noun) and Dutch jeuken, German jucken (verb).

itch

noun
/ɪtʃ/
/ɪtʃ/
Idioms
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  1. [countable, usually singular] an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch yourself (= rub your skin with your nails)
    • to get/have an itch
    see also jock itch
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slight
    • jock
    • seven-year
    verb + itch
    • feel
    • relieve
    • scratch
    See full entry
  2. [singular] itch (to do something) (informal) a strong desire to do something
    • She has an itch to travel.
    • the creative itch
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slight
    • jock
    • seven-year
    verb + itch
    • feel
    • relieve
    • scratch
    See full entry
  3. Word OriginOld English gycce (noun), gyccan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeuk (noun) and Dutch jeuken, German jucken (verb).
Idioms
the seven-year itch
  1. (informal, humorous) the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage
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