Word · Frequency #20508
tweaking
拧；捏
tweaking is the present participle of tweak.
to pinch or squeeze sharply
- 1.
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
猛拧；猛拉；扭扯
- 2.
To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
逗弄；惹恼；激怒(某人)
猛拧；猛拉；扭扯；逗弄；惹恼；激怒(某人)；扭；开足马力
In use
She tweaked his nose playfully, and he laughed.
Stop tweaking my sleeve; I need to focus on my work.
The little boy tweaks his sister's cheek whenever she teases him.
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。
give sth a tweak
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。
Verb forms
base tweak · third person tweaks · -ing tweaking · past tweaked · past participle tweaked
tweak 为规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 tweaked，现在分词为 tweaking。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- tweak someone's nose
- 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。
- tweak an ear
- 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。
- tweak a cheek
- 捏脸颊
- Grandma gently tweaked the baby's cheek.奶奶轻轻地捏了捏宝宝的脸颊。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tweak someone's nose
- （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。
- tweak the lion's tail
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 tweak 开头 twee 似 tweezers（镊子）：镊子夹住一拧，就是 tweak（拧、捏）。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
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。
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