tease
英 [tiːz]
美[tiz]
- vt. 取笑；戏弄；梳理；欺负；强求；使起毛
- n. 戏弄；爱纠缠的小孩；挑逗者；卖弄风骚的女孩
- vi. 取笑
词态变化
复数: teases;第三人称单数: teases;过去式: teased;过去分词: teased;现在分词: teasing;
中文词源
tease 梳理羊毛，逗弄，取笑
来自古英语 taesan,拔出，梳理，特指粗鲁的梳理羊毛，来自 Proto-Germanic*taisijan,分开， 拉，扯，来自 PIE*dai,分开，可能来自 PIE*da,分开，词源同 deal,time.后引申词义逗弄，取 笑等。
英英释意
- 1. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- 2. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- 3. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances;
- "he ignored their teases"
- "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
英文词源
- tease
- tease: [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic *taisjan, whose base was also the source of English teasel [OE], a plant whose prickly flower heads were used for carding wool. The notion of ‘irritating someone with prickles’ led in the 17th century to tease being used for ‘pester’, which gradually weakened into ‘make fun of’.
- tease (v.)
- formerly also teaze, Old English tæsan "pluck, pull, tear; pull apart, comb" (fibers of wool, flax, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *taisijan (cognates: Danish tæse, Middle Dutch tesen, Dutch tezen "to draw, pull, scratch," Old High German zeisan "to tease, pick wool").
The original sense is of running thorns through wool or flax to separate, shred, or card the fibers. The figurative sense of "vex, worry, annoy" (sometimes done in good humor) emerged 1610s. For similar sense development, compare heckle. Hairdressing sense is recorded from 1957. Related: Teased; teasing; teasingly. - tease (n.)
- 1690s, "act of teasing," from tease (v.). Meaning "one who teases" is from 1852. Specifically as short for cock-teaser, it was in use by 1976.
考试真题
- And on reflection, this is not surprising; the single word environment has so many dimensions, and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- It is really important to understand and try and tease out what is the human connection with fire today.
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
tease out
To get by or as if by untangling or releasing with a pointed tool or device
哄取：通过或好象通过用锋利的工具或装置解开或放出而得到
“It takes a carefully trained expert to tease out the truth”(&b{Arthur Green})
“需要一个受过训练的专家弄清真相”(&b{阿瑟·格林})
实用场景例句
- Don't get upset─I was only teasing.
- 别不高兴，我只是在逗你玩。
牛津词典
- I used to get teased about my name.
- 过去别人总拿我的名字开玩笑。
牛津词典
- to tease wool into strands
- 把羊毛梳成缕
牛津词典
- The teacher helped them tease out the meaning of the poem.
- 老师帮助他们弄清楚那首诗的含义。
牛津词典
- He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him...
- 他告诉她东波尔顿的男孩们是如何攻击他、嘲笑他的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He teased me mercilessly about going Hollywood...
- 他毫不留情地嘲笑我想去好莱坞。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- My brother's such a tease...
- 我弟弟太喜欢戏弄人了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The best way to deal with a tease is to ignore him.
- 对付爱捉弄人的人的最佳方法就是不搭理他。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I thought she was teasing, playing the innocent, but looking back, I'm not so sure...
- 我当时以为她是在勾引我，装纯情，不过现在回想起来，我又说不准了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When did you last flirt with him or tease him?
- 你上次和他调情或挑逗他是什么时候？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Later she heard he had told one of her friends she was a tease.
- 后来，她听说他告诉她的一个朋友，说她是狐狸精。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Oh, Palmer, don't tease me.
- 啊, 巴穆, 别拿我开玩笑了.
辞典例句
- Don't tease my child.
- 别逗弄我的孩子!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Got hurt. Coz he tried to stop rowdys to tease girls and hold their knife.
- 手受伤了, 因为看见小流氓在打女生上前揍他,捏住对方拔出的刀.
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- They ll tease you because you re different, or for no good reason.
- 他们耻笑你因为你不同, 而在没有更好的理由.
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- What a tease he was and how exasperating!
- 她想这家伙也太爱戏弄人,太叫人恼火了!
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- Remember when we were teenagers and I used to tease you about your boyfriend?
- 还记得我们十几岁时,我曾戏弄你和你男朋友的事 吗 ?
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- It's too bad of you to tease the child like that.
- 你那样逗弄小孩真让人感到痛心.
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- The whole house will tease you about that.
- 全家都要来麻烦你.
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- Do not tease roaming dogs and Macaque ( monkey ). Do not run and always keep calm.
- 不要去刺激流浪狗和猴子, 保持镇定及避免奔跑.
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- The other boys tease him because he is fat.
- 因为他很胖,所以其他男生都取笑他.
《简明英汉词典》
- If they tease me you'll have to save my blushes.
- 他们捉弄我,你该帮我解围.
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- She envied Dick and began to tease and beat him again.
- 她很嫉妒迪克,于是便又开始嘲弄和打他.
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- Could you take me to a strip tease show?
- 你可以带我去看脱衣舞表演 吗 ?
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- The little girl was 1 earningto tease wool.
- 那小女孩学着梳理羊毛.
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- I don't dare to tease him because he absolutely no sense of humor.
- 我不敢戏弄他,因为他根本没有幽默感.
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- Do not tease that dog; it may turn on you.
- 别去惹那条狗, 它会咬你的.
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