Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #12385
tickle
挠；胳肢；使发痒
To touch or stroke someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh.
- 1.
To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
轻触或抚摸引发笑声或愉悦
- 2.
To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
感觉身体部位被挠痒
- 3.
To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
吸引某人的兴趣或好奇心
- 4.
To cause delight or amusement in.
引起愉悦或娱乐
- 5.
To feel titillation.
感到痒痒的
- 6.
To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
用手刺激鱼鳍来抓鱼
发痒；觉得痒；使开心；逗乐；吸引；激起（兴趣或好奇心）；感到兴奋；觉得愉悦；徒手摸鱼（轻抚鱼身使其不动而捕获）
In use
My little brother laughed when I tickled his feet.
She tickles her cat under the chin, and the cat purrs happily.
Stop tickling me – I can't breathe when I laugh so hard!
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。
tickle sth
A stray hair tickled my cheek.
一根碎发轻触我的脸颊，使我发痒。
tickle sb (as in amuse)
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.
Connections
Collocations
- tickle someone pink
- 让某人乐坏了
- The surprise gift tickled her pink.那份惊喜礼物让她乐坏了。
- tickle someone's fancy
- 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。
- tickle someone's taste buds
- 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。
- tickle a trout
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tickled pink
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 tickle：tick 像指尖轻点，被挠时笑着“踢”腿躲开，痒得开心。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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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