Word · Frequency #6082
teasing
取笑；戏弄
teasing is the present participle of tease.
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。
- 1.
To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
分开(纤维材料)的纤维。
- 2.
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
用梳理的方法使纤维朝一个方向排列
- 3.
To backcomb.
倒梳头发。
- 4.
To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
戏弄
- 5.
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
挑衅或打扰；惹恼。
- 6.
To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
通过反复刺激来操控或影响行为
- 7.
To entice, tempt.
引诱,诱惑。
- 8.
To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
故意挑逗某人而无意满足其欲望
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
In use
My friends often tease me about my love for old movies, but I know they're just joking.
She teased her brother for leaving the fridge door open again.
Stop teasing the new student; he's already nervous about his first day.
Verb forms
base tease · third person teases · -ing teasing · past teased · past participle teased
常见动词，表示取笑或撩拨，也是纺织用语。
Connections
Collocations
- tease someone about something
- 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。
- tease out
- 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。
- tease apart
- 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。
- tease your hair
- 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。
- tease a secret out of someone
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
tease 以 t 开头，像伸出的舌头，逗弄人时吐舌做鬼脸——取笑、戏弄。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、玩笑语境、轻松的书面或网络交流 该词表示“取笑、戏弄”时，通常用于日常口语和非正式书面语，语气可显得友好或带轻微挑衅。多出现在朋友、熟人之间，正式严肃的场合较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tease 押韵，读作 /iːz/：please、cheese、freeze、squeeze、wheeze、these。注意拼写相近的 cease /siːs/ 和 lease /liːs/ 以 /s/ 结尾，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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