- 1（動詞）取笑、逗弄；挑逗、吊胃口；（頭髮）逆梳使蓬鬆
To tease someone means to make fun of them, usually in a light, friendly way rather than a mean one — friends tease each other about small mistakes or habits, and it's meant to be funny, not (though it can go too far and hurt feelings if someone isn't careful). It can also mean to or provoke someone on purpose, giving them a small taste of something without the full thing — a movie 'teaser' trailer teases the audience by showing just enough to make them curious. There's also an old, specific meaning: to tease hair means to comb it in a way that makes it stand up and look bigger.
From the word’s history
From Old English tǣsan 'to tease', from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan 'to separate, tug, shred'.
源自古英文 tǣsan，更早的意思是「扯開、撕碎」。
同家族的字
- teasera short preview meant to tease curiosity
原始詞典資料12 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。
teaseverb/tiːz/
- 1
To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- 2
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- 3
To backcomb.
- 4
To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- 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."
- The beast in the past has done horrible stuff / And his victims were left quite displeased / No one knows what he's so angry about / Maybe once in third grade he was teased
- 5
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing.
- I am myself, the sweetest temper'd man alive, and hate a teasing temper; and so I tell her a hundred Times a day—
- 6
To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- 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.
- [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.
- My favorite fantasy is being tied down and teased and teased.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
- 9
informalTo show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- 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.
teasenoun/tiːz/
- 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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。