itch

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
  2. A constant teasing desire or want.
    — ... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
动词 v.
  1. To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. intransitive,stative
  2. To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something. intransitive
    — He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
  3. To cause to feel an itch. transitive
    — My head is suddenly itching me like mad.
  4. To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch. colloquial,transitive
    — "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.

词形变化

itches plural itches present,singular,third-person itching participle,present itched participle,past itched past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“itch”), German jucken.
词源 2
From Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).
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