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tickle sb
tickle 作及物动词时，宾语通常为人或身体部位，表示以轻触使人发痒或笑。
The mother tickled her baby.
母亲胳肢她的婴儿。
挠；胳肢；使发痒
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挠；胳肢；使发痒
To touch or stroke someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh.
The mother tickled her baby.
母亲胳肢她的婴儿。
轻触或抚摸引发笑声或愉悦
To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
感觉身体部位被挠痒
To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
吸引某人的兴趣或好奇心
To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
引起愉悦或娱乐
To cause delight or amusement in.
tickle
Base
原形
tickles
3rd person
第三人称单数
tickling
-ing
现在分词
tickled
Past
过去式
tickled
Past participle
过去分词
He tickles his sister.
他逗他妹妹痒痒。
She tickled the baby.
她挠了婴儿痒痒。
I am tickling the cat.
我在挠猫痒痒。
规则动词
My little brother laughed when I tickled his feet.
我弟弟在我挠他脚的时候笑了。
She tickles her cat under the chin, and the cat purrs happily.
她轻轻挠猫咪的下巴，猫咪就开心地打起呼噜。
Stop tickling me – I can't breathe when I laugh so hard!
别再挠我了——我笑得太厉害，都喘不过气来了！
tickle 作及物动词时，宾语通常为人或身体部位，表示以轻触使人发痒或笑。
The mother tickled her baby.
母亲胳肢她的婴儿。
A stray hair tickled my cheek.
一根碎发轻触我的脸颊，使我发痒。
tickle 也可表示‘使高兴、逗乐’，多用于非正式场合。
The comedian's performance tickled the crowd.
喜剧演员的表演逗乐了人群。
tickle 作不及物动词时，主语常为身体部位，表示‘发痒’的感觉。
My nose tickles when I have a cold.
我感冒时鼻子发痒。
Not this
I am tickle.
Use this
I am ticklish.
中文里‘我痒’常被误用作形容词，但‘tickle’是动词，正确形容词是‘ticklish’，表示‘易痒的’。
Not this
She tickled on his nose.
Use this
She tickled his nose.
‘tickle’是及物动词，直接跟被挠的对象（人或部位），不需要介词‘on’。
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让某人乐坏了
The surprise gift tickled her pink.
那份惊喜礼物让她乐坏了。
引起某人的兴趣
The idea of a road trip tickles my fancy.
自驾游的这个想法让我很感兴趣。
使某人大饱口福
The spicy Sichuan dish really tickled our taste buds.
这道川菜麻辣鲜香，让我们大饱口福。
徒手捉鳟鱼
The old man taught us how to tickle a trout in the stream.
那位老人教我们如何在溪流里徒手捉鳟鱼。
高兴极了；非常开心
She was tickled pink when she received the surprise gift.
收到惊喜礼物时，她高兴极了。
引起某人的兴趣；使某人开心
The idea of traveling to Japan really tickles my fancy.
去日本旅行的想法确实引起了我的兴趣。
弹钢琴
He loves to tickle the ivories at family gatherings.
他喜欢在家庭聚会上弹钢琴。
挠我痒痒，埃尔莫！
In 1996, parents rushed to stores to buy the Tickle Me Elmo doll.
1996 年，家长们纷纷冲到商店购买 Tickle Me Elmo 玩偶。
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记 tickle：tick 像指尖轻点，被挠时笑着“踢”腿躲开，痒得开心。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话（如亲子嬉戏）、身体感受描写、非正式或轻松的书面/口语表达兴趣或愉悦 tickle 的基本义“胳肢、使发痒”通常为中性词，日常口语和书面描写中都自然；表示“使开心、引起兴趣”的引申义多用于非正式或轻松语境，整体语域介于中性和非正式之间。
这些词都以 /ɪkəl/ 结尾，与 tickle 押韵：pickle、fickle、prickle、sickle、trickle。注意 tackle 拼写上很像（也以 -ckle 结尾），但发音为 /ˈtæk.əl/，不押韵。
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