tantalize
英 美['tæntəlaɪz]
- vt. 逗弄；使干着急
- vi. 逗弄人；令人干着急
词态变化
第三人称单数: tantalizes;过去式: tantalized;过去分词: tantalized;现在分词: tantalizing;副词: tantalizingly;形容词: tantalizing;
助记提示
1. 口语中是“致命的诱惑”.
2. Tantalus: 宙斯之子，与人间二奶所生，所以他很自卑，很自负，他煮了自己的儿子给大家吃，被惩罚，饿时，苹果就跳上去，不能满足生存的欲望.
2. Tantalus: 宙斯之子，与人间二奶所生，所以他很自卑，很自负，他煮了自己的儿子给大家吃，被惩罚，饿时，苹果就跳上去，不能满足生存的欲望.
中文词源
tantalize 招惹，使干着急
来自拉丁语 Tantalus,来自希腊语 Tantalos,古希腊神话中的人物，传说中为古希腊城邦 Phrygia 国王，宙斯在凡间的私生子，恃宠而骄，蔑视诸神，为检验诸神是否如传说中一样能未卜先 知，将自己儿子杀死做成一桌菜款待诸神，诸神识破后为对他进行惩罚，将其绑在一池深水 的铁链上，水波刚好够到他的下巴，低头要喝水，水即流走，鲜果悬荡在其额头，仰头要吃 水果，果枝即晃走。因其引申该词义。
英英释意
- 1. harass with persistent criticism or carping;
- "The children teased the new teacher"
- "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"
- "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
英文词源
- tantalize
- tantalize: [16] The verb tantalize was inspired by the sad story of Tantalus, a mythical king of Phrygia in the ancient world. He had displeased the gods in some way (versions differ as to how, the commonest being that he had stolen their food), and as a punishment he was condemned to stand for ever in water up to his chin, while overhead hung boughs laden with fruit: whenever he stooped to drink, the water disappeared, and when he tried to reach the fruit, the wind blew it away. The term tantalus, coined in the 19th century for a lockable decanter stand whose contents can be seen but not got at, preserves the same idea.
- tantalize (v.)
- 1590s, with -ize + Latin Tantalus, from Greek Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, father of Pelops and Niobe, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried to eat or drink. His story was known to Chaucer (c. 1369). Related: Tantalized; tantalizing; tantalizingly; tantalization.
实用场景例句
- The tantalizing aroma of fresh coffee wafted towards them.
- 新鲜咖啡那诱人的香味向他们飘来。
牛津词典
- a tantalizing glimpse of the future
- 对未来令人向往的展望
牛津词典
- The branch was tantalizingly out of reach.
- 够不到那树枝，让人干着急。
牛津词典
- The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
- 那个男孩会到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the dreams of democracy that have so tantalized them.
- 他们可望而不可即的民主梦想
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They make use the opportunity and tantalize the appetite by pointing the difficulty of satisfaction.
- 政治家利用别人的匮乏状态,用制造困境来刺激这些人的欲望.
期刊摘选
- Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him.
- 把那块骨头给那条狗吧--别让它乾着急了.
期刊摘选
- Give the dog the bone do not tantalize him.
- 把那块骨头给那条狗吧--别让它干着急了.
期刊摘选
- It's not her purpose to tantalize that guy, he is too bananas, not her type.
- 她并非要招惹那男人, 他太疯不是她要的型.
期刊摘选
- These inspiring structures can tantalize and evoke emotions not normally associated with mega structures.
- 与其它大型建筑不同的是,这些令人震撼的设施常让人热血沸腾.
期刊摘选
- The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
- 那个男孩会到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。
辞典例句