tease
柯林斯词典
1. V-T To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. 嘲笑; 取笑
He told her how the boys had set on him, teasing him. 他告诉她那些男孩曾是如何攻击他、取笑他的。
He teased me mercilessly about going Hollywood. 他无情地取笑我想去好莱坞。
2. N-COUNT Tease is also a noun. 嘲笑; 取笑
Calling her by her real name had always been one of his teases. 称呼她的真名曾是他一贯的取笑方式之一。
3. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they like laughing at people or making jokes about them. 爱嘲笑他人者; 爱取笑他人者
My brother's such a tease. 我弟弟就爱取笑他人。
4. V-T If someone teases their hair, they separate the individual strands from each other, for example by combing it. 梳理
Her hair was teased until it stood out and around her face. 她的头发被梳得直垂在脸旁。
...two women in party dresses and teased hair. …两位身着礼服、头发梳理整齐的妇女。
返回 tease
tease /tiːz/ (teasing,teased,teases)
剑桥词典
- Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel .
- He said he was going to leave us there, but I think he was only teasing.
- They teased him mercilessly about his accent .
tease verb [I or T] (MAKE FUN OF)
to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person戏弄，逗弄；取笑，招惹
I used to hate being teased about my red hair when I was at school . 我上学期间一直讨厌别人取笑我的红头发。
I was just teasing, I didn't mean to upset you. 我只是在开玩笑，不是有意要惹你难过的。
例句
tease verb [I or T] (HAIR)
US (UK backcomb)to hold your hair away from your head and brush it towards your head with a comb , in order to make it look thicker
反梳（头发）使之蓬起