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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).
To tease someonetease某人 means to playfully make fun of them意思是開玩笑地取笑對方 usually in a light, friendly way rather than a mean one通常是輕鬆友善的方式，而不是惡意的 friends tease each other about small mistakes or habits朋友之間會互相取笑彼此的小錯或小習慣 and it's meant to be funny, not hurtful目的是好笑，不是要傷人 though it can go too far and hurt feelings if someone isn't careful不過如果沒拿捏好也可能過頭而傷了感情。
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.
It can also mean to tempt or provoke someone on purpose也可以指故意逗弄或挑起某人的興趣 giving them a small taste of something without the full thing只給對方一點點滋味，卻不給全部 a movie 'teaser' trailer teases the audience by showing just enough to make them curious電影的「teaser」預告片就是靠只透露一點點來吊觀眾的胃口。
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.
There's also an old, specific meaning還有一個較舊、特定的意思 to tease hair means to comb it in a way that makes it stand up and look biggertease頭髮指的是用一種梳法把頭髮梳得蓬起來、看起來更多。
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，原文照列，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/
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To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
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To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
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To backcomb.
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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
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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—
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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.
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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——
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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
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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/
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One who teases.
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A single act of teasing.
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One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。