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tweak sth
动词用法：tweak 为及物动词，直接接被捏或扭的对象。
He tweaked her nose playfully.
他开玩笑地捏了一下她的鼻子。
拧；捏
tweaked — past of tweak
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拧；捏
to pinch or squeeze sharply
He tweaked her nose playfully.
他开玩笑地捏了一下她的鼻子。
猛拧；猛拉；扭扯
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
逗弄；惹恼；激怒(某人)
To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
tweak
Base
原形
tweaks
3rd person
第三人称单数
tweaking
-ing
现在分词
tweaked
Past
过去式
tweaked
Past participle
过去分词
She often tweaks her brother's cheeks.
她经常拧她弟弟的脸颊。
He tweaked the cat's tail.
他拧了一下猫的尾巴。
The child is tweaking the toy's ear.
那个孩子正在拧玩具的耳朵。
tweak 为规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 tweaked，现在分词为 tweaking。
She tweaked his nose playfully, and he laughed.
她开玩笑地拧了一下他的鼻子，他笑了。
Stop tweaking my sleeve; I need to focus on my work.
别捏我的袖子了，我需要专心工作。
The little boy tweaks his sister's cheek whenever she teases him.
每次姐姐逗他，小男孩就捏她的脸蛋。
动词用法：tweak 为及物动词，直接接被捏或扭的对象。
He tweaked her nose playfully.
他开玩笑地捏了一下她的鼻子。
名词用法：tweak 作名词，表示“一拧、一捏”，常用在 give sth a tweak 结构中。
Give the string a tweak to loosen the knot.
把绳子拧一下，好松开绳结。
Not this
He tweaked on my ear.
Use this
He tweaked my ear.
tweak 是及物动词，表示“捏、拧”，后直接接宾语，不需要介词 on。
Not this
She tweaked the lid off the jar.
Use this
She twisted the lid off the jar.
tweak 指快速捏或拧（皮肉），不表示旋转物体（如瓶盖）的动作；表示“拧开/转动”应用 twist。
Not this
He gave a tweak on my arm.
Use this
He gave my arm a tweak.
名词 tweak 用于 give sb/sth a tweak 结构，间接宾语须放在 tweak 前；不能用 give a tweak on ...。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
拧某人的鼻子
He playfully tweaked his little sister's nose.
他开玩笑地拧了一下小妹妹的鼻子。
拧耳朵
The teacher tweaked the student's ear for not paying attention.
老师因为学生没注意而拧了他的耳朵。
捏脸颊
Grandma gently tweaked the baby's cheek.
奶奶轻轻地捏了捏宝宝的脸颊。
（用言语或行为）惹恼某人；冒犯某人
He tweaked her nose by laughing at her accent.
他嘲笑她的口音，把她惹恼了。
挑衅强者；惹有权势的人
The journalist tweaked the lion's tail by accusing the mayor of corruption.
这位记者指责市长腐败，是在摸老虎屁股。
（因紧张、焦虑等）发慌，抓狂
Don't tweak out over the results; we can try again.
别为结果抓狂，我们可以再试一次。
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联想 tweak 开头 twee 似 tweezers（镊子）：镊子夹住一拧，就是 tweak（拧、捏）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：casual conversation、narrative prose 该义项（用力捏/拧）在语境中语气不太固定：日常口语中较随意，书面叙述里则偏向中性；正式场合可考虑用 pinch 或 squeeze 替代。
All the words above rhyme with tweak: their stressed vowel and following sounds are /iːk/. Weak, peak, leak, and sneak share the spelling chunk -eak; week and cheek rhyme but are spelled with -eek. Watch out: tweak can be mistaken for twig (/twɪɡ/), twist (/twɪst/), or twine (/twaɪn/), which look similar at the start but have different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.