Word · Frequency #27562
hickey
吻痕;草莓印
a temporary red mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking, typically from a romantic partner
- 1.
A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
由乐器(如小提琴或中提琴)压在颈部所造成的类似印记。
- 2.
a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
皮肤上发炎的小隆起;脓疱或丘疹;痤疮常见症状
- 3.
A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
印刷缺陷,因印刷表面异物造成油墨缺失,呈环状,表现为带晕圈的墨点或实印区内的空白点。
- 4.
a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover
因亲吻或吮吸导致的暂时性红色皮肤印记
- 5.
Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
局部肿胀(尤指皮肤),常由受伤引起。
- 6.
A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
一种用于将导管和管道弯成平滑半圆弧的工具。
丘疹;脓疱;粉刺;乐器压痕;乐器硌痕;肿块;局部肿胀;印刷污点;印刷斑疵;弯管器;弯管工具
In use
She applied a spot treatment to the large hickey on her chin.
Hormonal changes often cause hickeys to appear on the forehead and cheeks.
He tried to hide the hickey under a layer of concealer.
have a hickey on [body part]
可指吻痕或粉刺,根据上下文判断。
She had a hickey on her neck.
她脖子上有一个吻痕。
give someone a hickey
通常指通过吸吮皮肤留下痕迹。
He gave her a hickey on the shoulder.
他在她肩膀上种了一个吻痕。
Common mistakes
He is a hickey.He is a hick.
Hickey 是指皮肤上的印记或丘疹,而 hick 是指乡下人,两者拼写相近但意思不同。
Connections
Collocations
- give someone a hickey
- 给某人弄出吻痕
- He gave her a hickey on her neck.他在她脖子上弄出一个吻痕。
- have a hickey
- 有吻痕
- She had a hickey on her neck.她脖子上有一个吻痕。
- hide a hickey
- 遮住吻痕
- She tried to hide the hickey with a scarf.她试图用围巾遮住吻痕。
- hickey on the neck
- 脖子上的吻痕
- A hickey on the neck is hard to hide.脖子上的吻痕很难遮住。
Synonyms
- love bite
- (情侣间)在皮肤上吮吸或轻咬后留下的红印 · love bite 是英式常用词,比 hickey 更正式;hickey 更口语化、多用于美式英语。love bite 也可指咬痕本身,注意与 hickey 的吸痕侧重点略有不同。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:hickey 由 hick + ey 拼成,想象一个乡下人(hick)脖子上有颗“草莓印”,那就是 hickey。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常口语、朋友间闲聊、短信或社交媒体 表示“吻痕”时,该词通常用于非正式场合,多出现在日常口语、短信或社交媒体中;正式写作或学术文本里较少使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词,常指皮肤上的吻痕或瘀痕。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 hickey /ˈhɪki/ 押韵的词有 icky、picky、tricky、sticky(均以 /ɪki/ 结尾)。注意 whiskey /ˈwɪski/ 和 hockey /ˈhɒki/ 拼写相似,但 whiskey 多一个 /s/ 音,hockey 的元音是 /ɒ/(美式常读 /ɑː/),二者都不与 hickey 完全押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.