Word · Frequency #21502
titillates
使兴奋；挑逗
titillates is the third person singular of titillate.
核心释义
excite pleasurably or erotically
- 1.
激起性欲；使兴奋。
To stimulate or excite sensually.
激起性欲；使兴奋。；呵...痒；使觉得痒；使兴奋；使高兴
用法In use
The gossip magazine titillates its readers with scandalous stories.
用法提示：titillates 是第三人称单数形式，意为“使兴奋/挑逗”。
The promise of a secret meeting titillated her.
用法提示：titillated 是过去式，表示“使兴奋”。
They titillate the audience with clever wordplay.
用法提示：titillate 为动词原形，意为“挑逗/使兴奋”。
titillate sb/sth
The scandal titillated the whole city.
这桩丑闻让全城人都感到兴奋。
be titillated by sth
该词既可指引起兴趣或愉快，也常带挑逗或色情意味，被动结构中使用更常见。
She was titillated by the mysterious letter.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- titillate the senses
- 挑逗感官；刺激感官
- The perfume was designed to titillate the senses.这款香水旨在挑逗感官。
- titillate the imagination
- 激发想象；吊起想象
- The trailer only titillated our imagination.预告片只是吊起了我们的想象。
- titillate readers
- 使读者兴奋；撩拨读者
- The scandalous story titillated readers across the country.这则丑闻故事撩拨了全国各地的读者。
- titillating details
- 令人兴奋的细节；煽情的细节
- She shared a few titillating details about her date.她分享了一些关于约会的煽情细节。
- titillating story
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 tickle tickle（挠痒痒）的声音：轻轻挠痒会让人又笑又兴奋，所以 titillate 表示使兴奋、挑逗。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学评论、新闻报道 该词多用于正式或文学性语境，表示引起愉快或带有性暗示的兴奋；口语中不常见，常带有挑逗或玩味的意思。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词或代词作宾语；主语常为引起兴奋或愉悦感觉的事物或情境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 titillate 押韵的词：stipulate、stimulate、oscillate、vacillate 的结尾都发 /leɪt/（-ate 发 /eɪt/，前面有 /l/），所以和 titillate 的 /leɪt/ 押韵。注意拼写干扰：distillate 虽也含 -illate，但常读 /ˈdɪstɪlət/，结尾不是 /leɪt/；irritate 的结尾是 /teɪt/，也不与 titillate 押韵。
用法优先级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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.