[VERB 动词]嘲笑；取笑；嘲弄 To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them.
[V n]
[V n about n/-ing]
[V with quote]
He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him...
他告诉她东波尔顿的男孩们是如何攻击他、嘲笑他的。
He teased me mercilessly about going Hollywood...
他毫不留情地嘲笑我想去好莱坞。
'You must be expecting a young man,' she teased.
“你一定是在等哪位小伙子吧，”她揶揄道。
Tease is also a noun.
Calling her by her real name had always been one of his teases.
他一直把称呼她的真名当作一种取乐。
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She tolerated the teasing, until the fourth grade.
她忍受着别人的嘲笑，一直忍到四年级。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]爱开玩笑的人；爱戏弄别人的人 If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they like laughing at people or making jokes about them.
[usu sing]
My brother's such a tease...
我弟弟太喜欢戏弄人了。
The best way to deal with a tease is to ignore him.
对付爱捉弄人的人的最佳方法就是不搭理他。
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[VERB 动词](尤指性方面)逗弄，戏弄，挑逗 If you say that someone is teasing, you mean that they are pretending to offer you something that you want, especially sex, but then not giving it to you.
[V]
[V n]
I thought she was teasing, playing the innocent, but looking back, I'm not so sure...
我当时以为她是在勾引我，装纯情，不过现在回想起来，我又说不准了。
When did you last flirt with him or tease him?
你上次和他调情或挑逗他是什么时候？
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指性方面)戏弄别人的人，挑逗别人的人，卖弄风情的人 If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they pretend to offer someone what they want, especially sex, but then do not give it to them.
[usu sing]
[disapproval]
Later she heard he had told one of her friends she was a tease.
后来，她听说他告诉她的一个朋友，说她是狐狸精。
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See also:
teasing
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striptease
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相关词组：
tease out
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tease/tiːz; NAmEtiːz/
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teaseteasesteasedteasingverb1[intransitive , transitive ]tease(sb) |tease(sb) + speech to laugh at sb and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them 取笑；戏弄；揶揄；寻开心◆Don't get upset—I was only teasing.别不高兴，我只是在逗你玩。◆I used to get teased about my name.过去别人总拿我的名字开玩笑。2[transitive ]teasesth to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc. 招惹，逗弄（动物）3[intransitive , transitive ]tease(sb) ( disapproving) to make sb sexually excited, especially when you do not intend to have sex with them 挑逗，撩拨（异性）4[transitive ]teasesth (+ adv./prep.) to pull sth gently apart into separate pieces 梳理◆to tease wool into strands把羊毛梳成缕5( NAmE) (BrEback·comb)[transitive ]teasesth to combyour hair in the opposite direction to the way it grows so that it looks thicker 倒梳（头发）使之蓬起PHRASAL VERBˌtease sth↔ˈout1to remove knots from hair, wool, etc. by gently pulling or brushing it 梳理，梳通（毛发等）2to spend time trying to find out information or the meaning of sth, especially when this is complicated or difficult 探讨；深入研究；梳理清楚◆The teacher helped them tease out the meaning of the poem.老师帮助他们弄清楚那首诗的含义。noun[usually singular ]1a person who likes to play tricks and jokes on other people, especially by telling them sth that is not true or by not telling them sth that they want to know 爱戏弄人的人；逗弄者；取笑者2an act that is intended as a trick or joke 戏弄；捉弄；取笑3( disapproving) a person who pretends to be attracted to sb, makes them sexually excited and then refuses to have sex with them 卖弄风骚的人；勾引人者tease/tiːz; NAmEtiːz/
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1laugh [intransitive, transitive] to laugh at someone and make jokes in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way: Don’t get upset. I was only teasing. He used to tease her mercilessly.tease somebody about something She used to tease me about my hair.RegisterIn everyday English, people often say make fun of rather than tease:· Stop making fun of me!2annoy an animal [transitive] to deliberately annoy an animal: Stop teasing the cat!3sex [intransitive, transitive] to deliberately make someone sexually excited without intending to have sex with them, in a way that seems unkind4hair [transitive] American English to comb your hair in the opposite direction to which it grows, so that it looks thickerSYN backcomb British EnglishTHESAURUStease to laugh at someone and make jokes in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way. In everyday English, people often say make fun of rather than tease: · At work, we all tease her because she’s always late.· Sam’s sisters used to tease him because he was overweight.make fun of somebody/something to tease someone, especially in an unkind way, by laughing at something they do and making them seem stupid: · The boys at school used to make fun of me and call me names.· Everyone made fun of the way our Maths teacher walked.taunt /tɔːnt/ to tease someone in a very unpleasant way that shows you do not respect them, in order to make them angry or upset: · In the end he hit the man for taunting him about his wife.· The other prisoners taunted him until he couldn’t bear it any more.pull somebody’s leg informal to tease someone in a friendly way, by trying to make them think something is true when it is not: · I’m not really 18. I was only pulling your leg.· I don’t believe you! You’re pulling my leg!wind somebody up British English informal to deliberately say something to someone, in order to see if they become annoyed or worried: · Are you trying to wind me up?· My friends are always winding me up about it.take the mickey (out of somebody) British English informal to make someone look silly, often in a friendly way, for example by copying them or saying something that you do not really mean about them: · I don’t speak like that – stop taking the mickey!· ‘You’re a genius, we all know that!’ ‘Are you taking the mickey out of me?’tease out phrasal verb1to succeed in learning information that is hidden, or that someone does not want to tell youtease out of I finally managed to tease the truth out of her.2to gently move hairs or threads that are stuck together so that they become loose or straight again: She combed her hair, gently teasing out the knots.
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teasetease2 noun [countable] informal
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1someone who enjoys making jokes at people, and embarrassing them, especially in a friendly way: Don’t take any notice of Joe – he’s a big tease.2something that you say or do as a joke, to tease someone: I’m sorry, it was only a tease.3someone who deliberately makes you sexually excited, but has no intention of having sex with you
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