Word · Frequency #10613
caress
爱抚；抚摸
A gentle, affectionate stroke or touch.
- 1.
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
亲昵的举动；任何表示爱意的行为或表达；温柔地拥抱或抚摸。
- 2.
a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
轻柔充满爱意的抚摸(或类似的动作)
- 3.
A gentle stroking or rubbing.
轻柔的抚摸或摩擦。
亲昵的举动；任何表示爱意的行为或表达；温柔地拥抱或抚摸。；轻柔充满爱意的抚摸(或类似的动作)；轻柔的抚摸或摩擦。；爱抚；拥抱
In use
She gave the kitten a gentle caress.
His warm caress comforted her after a long day.
The mother's caresses soothed the crying baby.
he showered her with caresses
soft music was a fond caress
the caresses of the breeze played over his face
give (sb/sth) a caress
表示主动爱抚他人或某物。
She gave the cat a gentle caress.
她轻轻地爱抚了那只猫。
feel a caress on (body part)
用于描述被爱抚的感觉。
Connections
Collocations
- a gentle caress
- 温柔的抚摸
- She gave the cat a gentle caress.她温柔地抚摸了一下那只猫。
- a tender caress
- 温柔的爱抚
- He placed a tender caress on her cheek.他温柔地爱抚了一下她的脸颊。
- a loving caress
- 充满爱意的抚摸
- The mother's loving caress calmed the child.母亲充满爱意的抚摸让孩子安静了下来。
- a soft caress
- 轻柔的抚摸
- Her hand moved in a soft caress across his back.她的手轻柔地抚摸过他的背。
- a light caress
- 轻轻的抚摸
- A light caress on the arm made her smile.手臂上轻轻的一摸让她笑了。
- the caress of the breeze
Learner notes
Memory Tip
双写 s 像手指轻轻滑过肌肤，caress 就是温柔爱抚。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、诗歌、浪漫或感伤的叙述 作名词时，caress 属于较正式或文学性的用词，通常出现在小说、诗歌等书面描写中，口语里更常说 gentle touch 或 hug。
Grammar Note
常作可数名词，指轻柔的抚摸动作。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with caress because their stressed vowel is /ɛ/ and it is followed by /s/: dress /drɛs/, stress /strɛs/, confess /kənˈfɛs/, guess /ɡɛs/, yes /jɛs/, possess /pəˈzɛs/. Beware of lookalikes that sound different: cares (/kerz/ or /kɑrz/) and care (/ker/) end in /r/ or /rz/ and have a different vowel, and cress /krɛs/ is spelled like a shortened form but has an initial /kr-/ cluster rather than the /kɝ-/ of caress.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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