| 单词 | tease |
| 释义 | tease (once / 635 pages) 1vn 2v 3v To tease is to pick on someone or to give false hope. You can tease your little sister by saying "nanny nanny boo boo" or by holding a cookie just out of her reach. Tease, a modern spelling of the Old English taesan “pluck, pull apart" is now associated with the act of harassing. You can still use tease as a verb, though, to describe the act of backcombing your hair to give it volume. But more commonly, tease refers to messing with someone. There’s an old proverb, “Patience when teased is often transformed into rage,” which means if you tease someone a lot, you might get your booty kicked! WORD FAMILYtease: teased, teaser, teases, teasing+/teaser: teasers/teasing: teasingly, teasings USAGE EXAMPLESHe becomes aggressive toward his brothers easily and manipulates the little ones into teasing or excluding each other from playing. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) While compensation is wildly disparate in both situations, McCullough insisted that there was no teasing, bullying or pecking order when he played for either squad. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Asked if she was harboring any underwear secrets, singer and actress Soko teased: “Like not wearing any?” Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1v mock or make fun of playfully the flirting man teased the young woman Hyper blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast subject to laughter or ridicule 2v annoy persistently The children teased the boy because of his stammer Syn|Hyper badger, beleaguer, bug, pester bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment treat cruelly 3v harass with persistent criticism or carping The children teased the new teacher Syn|Hypo|Hyper bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff laugh at with contempt and derision banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kidbe silly or tease one another bemock, mock treat with contempt 4v to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them The advertisement is intended to tease the customers She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior Hyper control, keep in line, manipulate control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage 5n the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances he ignored their teases Syn|Hyper ribbing, tantalization, teasing harassment, molestation the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism 6n someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) Syn|Hyper annoyer, teaser, vexer persona non grata, unwelcome person a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome 7n a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men 2Syn|Hyper coquette, flirt, minx, vamp, vamper adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) v tear into pieces 3tease tissue for microscopic examinations Hyper rip up, shred, tear up tear into shreds 1v disentangle and raise the fibers of tease wool Syn|Hyper loosen, tease apart disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl extricate from entanglement 2v separate the fibers of tease wool Syn|Hyper card separate divide into components or constituents 3v raise the nap of (fabrics) Hyper change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface 4v ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect Syn|Hyper fluff comb, comb out, disentangle smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
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