tease sb about sth
about 引出被取笑的具体方面；也可以省略，直接说 tease sb。
The boys teased her about her accent.
男孩子们拿她的口音取笑她。
取笑；戏弄
teases — third person singular of tease
招惹；烦扰；纠缠；挑逗；撩拨；引诱；诱惑；梳理（纤维）；使（纤维）顺向；倒梳（头发）；把（头发）打毛
To make fun of someone in a playful or unkind way.
可指善意的玩笑，也可指刻薄的取笑。
分开(纤维材料)的纤维。
To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
用梳理的方法使纤维朝一个方向排列
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
倒梳头发。
To backcomb.
戏弄
To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
挑衅或打扰；惹恼。
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
通过反复刺激来操控或影响行为
To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
引诱,诱惑。
To entice, tempt.
故意挑逗某人而无意满足其欲望
To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
一般现在时
She teases her brother about his haircut.
她取笑她弟弟的发型。
一般过去时
He teased the cat with a string yesterday.
他昨天用一根绳子逗猫玩。
现在进行时
They are teasing the new student right now.
他们正在取笑那位新同学。
常见动词，表示取笑或撩拨，也是纺织用语。
My friends often tease me about my love for old movies, but I know they're just joking.
我的朋友们经常拿我对老电影的喜爱取笑我，但我知道他们只是开玩笑。
用法提示：tease 在此作及物动词，表示‘取笑、戏弄’，后接人再接 about 引出话题。
She teased her brother for leaving the fridge door open again.
她取笑弟弟又把冰箱门开着。
用法提示：这里用过去式 teased，表示‘取笑某人’，for 后接被取笑的原因。
Stop teasing the new student; he's already nervous about his first day.
别再戏弄新同学了，他已经为第一天上学感到紧张了。
用法提示：teasing 是现在分词，与 Stop 搭配，表示‘戏弄、捉弄’。
about 引出被取笑的具体方面；也可以省略，直接说 tease sb。
The boys teased her about her accent.
男孩子们拿她的口音取笑她。
by 后接具体的逗弄方式，强调反复刺激对方来影响其行为。
He teased the cat by dangling a toy just out of reach.
他拿一个刚好够不着的玩具晃来晃去逗弄那只猫。
用于纤维、毛发等，表示把缠结的材料扯松、分离；也常用被动，如 The wool was teased apart.
She teased the matted wool apart with her fingers.
她用手指把缠结的羊毛扯松分开。
口语/轻松语气；常指说玩笑话而非真攻击，多不带恶意。
语气比 tease 重，常带轻蔑或恶意；不适合指亲昵的玩笑。
目的在挑衅或羞辱对方，带有攻击性，与善意逗乐差别很大。
美式非正式，只表示友好、亲昵的取笑，不能用来说恶意嘲笑。
语气最强，表示公开、轻蔑地取笑，常含贬低意味；不用于玩耍。
grammar · medium
易错句子My classmates always tease at me because of my accent.
正确表达My classmates always tease me because of my accent.
tease 是及物动词，被取笑的人直接作宾语，后面不加介词 at。汉语“取笑某人”容易让学习者联想起英语的 laugh at / make fun of，而那些短语才需要介词；tease 本身已有宾语，不能再用 at 引出对象。
grammar · medium
易错句子She teased me to sing at the party.
正确表达She teased me into singing at the party.
表示“逗某人做某事、缠着某人做某事”时，tease 用 tease sb into doing sth，into 后接动名词；tease 不能接 to do 不定式作宾语补足语，所以 tease sb to do sth 不成立。
拿某事取笑某人
My friends teased me about my accent.
我的朋友们拿我的口音取笑我。
梳理出；探明
The therapist helped her tease out the root of her anxiety.
治疗师帮她梳理出焦虑的根源。
把……区分开；辨析
It's not easy to tease apart reality from fiction in his story.
在他的故事里，要把现实和虚构区分开并不容易。
把头发倒梳得蓬松
She teased her hair to give it more volume.
她把头发倒梳，让头发更蓬松。
从某人那里套出秘密
The reporter teased the truth out of the witness.
记者从证人那里套出了真相。
无情地取笑某人
The boys teased the new student mercilessly.
那些男生无情地取笑新来的学生。
取笑别人时，常常通过开玩笑的方式。
被取笑的人或旁观者可能会笑，是取笑场景中的常见反应。
形容取笑是出于好玩、轻松的目的，而非恶意。
朋友之间常有善意的逗弄，是社交中常见的行为。
取笑若过度或带恶意，会变成残忍的行为。
梳理出，提取出（信息、含义等）
The detective tried to tease out the truth from the witness's story.
侦探试图从证人的叙述中梳理出真相。
仔细区分，分辨（复杂事物）
It takes time to tease apart the causes of the problem.
要弄清这个问题的种种原因需要时间。
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