titillate
英 ['tɪtɪleɪt]
美['tɪtə'let]
- vt. 使觉得痒；使高兴
- vi. 感到兴奋；被激发
词态变化
第三人称单数: titillates;过去式: titillated;过去分词: titillated;现在分词: titillating;名词: titillation;
中文词源
titillate 使兴奋，煽动情欲
来自拉丁语 titillare,胳痒，胳肢，拟声词，模仿咯咯笑的声音，-ate,使。
英英释意
- 1. touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
- 2. excite pleasurably or erotically;
- "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"
英文词源
- titillate
- titillate: see tit
- titillate (v.)
- 1610s, back-formation from titillation. Related: Titillated; titillating.
实用场景例句
- titillating pictures
- 煽动情欲的图画
牛津词典
- a story intended to titillate the imagination of the public
- 意欲煽动公众想象力的故事
牛津词典
- The pictures were not meant to titillate audiences.
- 图片本意不是为了挑逗观众。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- …food to titillate the most jaded of palates.
- 能够触动最迟钝的味觉的食物
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The book has no artistic merit and its sole aim is to titillate ( the reader ).
- 那书毫无艺术价值,只是撩拨 ( 读者 ) 情欲.
期刊摘选
- The book has no artistic merit its sole aim is to titillate.
- 那书毫无艺术价值,只是撩拨情欲.
期刊摘选
- Chilli sauce can titillate our palates.
- 辣椒酱可以挑逗我们的味觉.
期刊摘选
- Monkeys often titillate each other.
- 猴子们经常互相搔痒.
期刊摘选
- Scientific stories titillate the fancy of the school boys.
- 科学故事使小学生们的想象力活跃起来.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Once you decide to titillate instead of illuminate , you are on a slippery slope ( Bill Moyers )
- 当你决定仅从中取乐,而不好好思考时, 你的行动就可能招致失败和耻辱. ( 比尔·莫耶斯 )
期刊摘选
- In review a novel, you shall try to titillate rather than satiate the reader's interest.
- 评论一本小说的时候, 你应想办法刺激而不是满足读者的兴趣.
《简明英汉词典》
- In reviewing a novel, you should try to titillate rather than satiate the reader's interest.
- 评论一本小说时, 你应设法刺激而不是满足读者的兴趣.
期刊摘选
- The pictures were not meant to titillate audiences.
- 这些图片不是用来挑逗观众的.
期刊摘选
- Scientific stories titillate the fancy of the schoolboys.
- 科学故事使小学生们的想像力活跃起来.
期刊摘选
- The book has no artistic merit its sole aim is to titillate ( the reader ).
- 那书毫无艺术价值,只是撩拨 ( 读者 ) 情欲.
期刊摘选
- a story intended to titillate the imagination of the public
- 意欲煽动公众想象力的故事
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》