Word · Frequency #20508
tweaking
拧；捏
tweaking is the present participle of tweak.
核心释义
to pinch or squeeze sharply
- 1.
猛拧；猛拉；扭扯
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- 2.
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).
猛拧；猛拉；扭扯；逗弄；惹恼；激怒(某人)；扭；开足马力
用法In use
She tweaked his nose playfully, and he laughed.
用法提示：tweak 作及物动词的过去式，表示“拧、捏”。
Stop tweaking my sleeve; I need to focus on my work.
用法提示：tweaking 是 tweak 的现在分词，作及物动词，表示“捏、拧”。
The little boy tweaks his sister's cheek whenever she teases him.
用法提示：tweaks 是 tweak 的第三人称单数形式，作及物动词，表示“拧、捏”。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
习语与比喻表达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.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 tweak 开头 twee 似 tweezers（镊子）：镊子夹住一拧，就是 tweak（拧、捏）。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
一起学习词形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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