Word · Frequency #21502
titillates
使兴奋；挑逗
titillates is the third person singular of titillate.
excite pleasurably or erotically
- 1.
To stimulate or excite sensually.
激起性欲；使兴奋。
激起性欲；使兴奋。；呵...痒；使觉得痒；使兴奋；使高兴
In use
The gossip magazine titillates its readers with scandalous stories.
The promise of a secret meeting titillated her.
They titillate the audience with clever wordplay.
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.
她因那封神秘的信而兴奋不已。
Verb forms
base titillate · third person titillates · -ing titillating · past titillated · past participle titillated
规则动词，注意现在分词为 titillating（去掉末尾 e 再加 -ing）。
Common mistakes
The feather titillated my nose.The feather tickled my nose.
titillate 在现代英语中表示‘使人兴奋/愉悦（常带挑逗意味）’，不表示身体的‘挠痒/使发痒’。这里要表达羽毛给鼻子带来痒感，应该用 tickle。
The gossip titillated.The gossip titillated me.
titillate 是及物动词，后面必须接宾语来表示‘使某人兴奋’；缺少宾语则句子不完整，因为这个词通常不能单独作不及物动词使用。
The dance performance was titillated.The dance performance was titillating.
现在分词 titillating 作形容词表示‘令人兴奋的’，而过去分词 titillated 表示‘感到兴奋的’或构成被动。这里主语是表演本身（令人兴奋的事物），应用 -ing 形式。
Connections
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
- 香艳的故事；撩人的故事
- The magazine is full of titillating stories about celebrities.这本杂志里满是关于名人的香艳故事。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
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。
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
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.