喜樂美語
  1. 1v/kəˈres/stroke lovingly輕撫

    正式To touch someone gently and slowly with your hand, in a way that shows love or care.

    「caress」是很慢、很輕的一種摸，重點在那個動作把「我在乎你」傳出去。它比 touch 多了感情，也比 stroke 多一點文學味——stroke 可以用在摸貓、摸頭，caress 幾乎只出現在小說、詩和歌詞裡。看到 caress，通常表示作者要讀者感覺到溫柔，而不只是描述手的位置。

    示範例句 · Example

    She caressed the baby's cheek until he stopped crying.

    中文翻譯她輕撫著寶寶的臉頰，直到他停止哭泣。

    常見搭配

    • caress someone's cheek

      輕撫某人的臉頰

      to touch the side of someone's face gently and lovingly

      She leaned over and caressed her daughter's cheek.

    • caress someone's hair

      輕撫某人的頭髮

      to move your hand slowly and gently over someone's hair

      He caressed her hair until she fell asleep.

    • gently caress

      輕輕地撫摸

      to touch in a very soft, slow way

      Her fingers gently caressed the baby's hand.

    • caress someone's hand

      輕撫某人的手

      to hold and stroke someone's hand lovingly

      The old man caressed his wife's hand across the table.

    意思相近

    stroketouchpat

    用法接近

    hugcuddlestroke

    意思相反

    push

  2. 2n/kəˈres/a loving touch or kiss輕撫

    正式A slow, gentle touch or kiss that shows you love someone.

    名詞的 caress 就是把那個動作變成一個可以數的東西：一次輕撫、一個溫柔的吻。因為可數，前面常加 a／her／his，例如 a gentle caress。它跟 a touch 的差別在感情——a touch 只是碰到，a caress 一定帶著愛。這個字跟動詞一樣偏文學，出現在小說和歌詞的機會遠多於日常對話。

    常見搭配

    • a gentle caress

      溫柔的輕撫

      a soft, loving touch

      He said goodnight with a gentle caress.

    • a caress from somebody

      來自某人的輕撫

      a loving touch given by a particular person

      A caress from her mother always worked.

    • soft caresses

      輕柔的撫摸

      repeated light, loving touches

      Soft caresses on his back helped the baby sleep.

    意思相近

    stroketouchembrace

    用法接近

    hugkisspat

  3. 3v/kəˈres/wind or light brushing softly輕拂

    正式In writing, if something such as wind, water, or light caresses a thing, it moves over it softly and .

    這一層可以想成把人的手換成風、海浪或光：作者故意讓沒有生命的東西做出「輕撫」這個動作，讀者就會把溫柔的感覺一起讀進去。所以 waves caressed the shore 不只是「浪打到岸上」，而是「浪很輕、很慢地滑過岸邊」。這種寫法幾乎只出現在文學、歌詞和廣告裡。

    常見搭配

    • waves caress the shore

      海浪輕拂海岸

      the sea moves over the beach softly

      By evening the waves were caressing the shore again.

    • the wind caresses something

      風輕拂某物

      the air moves softly over something

      The wind caressed the long grass on the hill.

    • light caresses something

      光輕灑在某物上

      light falls softly on a surface

      Late sun caressed the temple roof.

    用法接近

    grazeglide

    意思相反

    poundbatter

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

caressnoun/kəˈɹɛs/

  • 1

    An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

    • He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
    • And he wooed her with his soft caresses, / Wooed her with his smile of sunshine, […]
  • 2

    A gentle stroking or rubbing.

caressverb/kəˈɹɛs/

  • 1

    To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

    • She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.
    • The Guacho then goes up to him, caresses him, removes the poncho from his eyes, continues to caress him; so that, according to the notion of the country, the horse becomes [...]
  • 2

    To affect as if with a caress.

    • The love and anguish in his voice caressed my mind and soul.

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