Word · Frequency #6212
licking
舔；舔食
licking is the present participle of lick.
to stroke something with the tongue; to take something into the mouth with the tongue
- 1.
To stroke with the tongue.
用舌头舔。
- 2.
To lap; to take in with the tongue.
舔食；用舌头吞入。
- 3.
To lap.
舔。
用舌头舔。；舔食；用舌头吞入。；舔。；舔；卷过
In use
The cat licked the milk from the bowl.
She licked the icing off her fingers.
The child is licking a lollipop.
lick something
表示用舌头接触物体表面。
The dog licked its bowl clean.
狗把碗舔干净了。
lick someone
非正式用法，指在比赛或战斗中轻松击败对手。
Our team licked the champions.
我们队彻底击败了冠军队伍。
lick something up
短语动词，表示用舌头将液体或食物取起并吃掉。
The cat licked up all the milk.
猫舔光了所有牛奶。
Verb forms
Connections
Collocations
- lick one's lips
- 舔嘴唇
- He licked his lips as he looked at the cake.他看着蛋糕舔了舔嘴唇。
- lick one's wounds
- 舔伤口（指失败后恢复）
- After the defeat, the team went home to lick their wounds.失败后，球队回家舔舐伤口。
- lick the plate
- 舔盘子
- The dog licked the plate clean.狗把盘子舔干净了。
- lick the competition
- 彻底击败竞争对手
- Our new product will lick the competition.我们的新产品将彻底击败竞争对手。
- lick a problem
- 解决问题
- It took a while, but we finally licked the problem.花了一些时间，但我们终于解决了问题。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象狗用舌头舔（lick）食盆，一下就把食物舔光，也指在比赛中彻底击败对手。
Context & Register
多用于描述用舌头接触物体（如舔食、舔干净），语域中性；在非正式比赛或竞争中，也可表示轻松击败，语域偏俚语。
Grammar Note
通常及物，后接名词或代词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ick (kick, pick, sick, stick, thick) rhyme with lick. Note: 'like' is a lookalike but does not rhyme (pronounced /laɪk/).
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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