tease

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 tēz

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who teases.
  2. A single act of teasing.
  3. One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
动词 v.
  1. To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material). transitive
  2. To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. transitive
  3. To backcomb. transitive
  4. To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way. transitive
    — The difference between teasing and taunting is like the difference between kissing and spitting. The ingredients are the same; it is the emotion that determines whether it is pleasing or repellent.... Proper teasing says, in effect, "I know all your little oddities and faults, but as they are part of what makes you special, I find them charming." Taunting, in contrast, makes only the harsh statement, "I have noticed what is wrong with you."
  5. To provoke or disturb; to annoy. transitive
    — Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing.
  6. To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation. transitive
    — A young woman, if she fall into bad hands, may be teazed, and kept at a distance from those she wants to be with; but one cannot comprehend a young man’s being under such restraint, as not to be able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it.
  7. To entice, tempt. transitive
    — [H]ere comes my Helpmate!—She appears in great good humour——how happy I should be if I could teaze her into loving me tho' but a little——
  8. To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal. transitive
    — My favorite fantasy is being tied down and teased and teased.
  9. To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser. informal,transitive
    — a less interesting character here than in the previous two films, Caesar glowers through the movie, as though aware that he has been condemned to a script that is rushing to clear the stage for the straightforward Planet Of The Apes remake first teased in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.

词形变化

teases present,singular,third-person teasing participle,present teased participle,past teased past teaze alternative,archaic teize alternative,obsolete tieze alternative,obsolete teases plural teaze alternative,archaic teize alternative,obsolete tieze alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
cocktease cock tease cockteaser eve-tease retease re-tease teasable tease apart teasee teaseful tease out teaser teasesome teasy untease unteased striptease clit tease prick tease

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
词源 2
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
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