teasing [
tiz]
[医] 针拨开法
teasing[ noun ]- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
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he ignored their teases
his ribbing was gentle but persistent
- playful vexation
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the parody was just a form of teasing
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
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[ adj ]- playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
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his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air
- arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
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her lazy teasing smile
- causing irritation or annoyance
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tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
found it galling to have to ask permission
an irritating delay
nettlesome paperwork
a pesky mosquito
swarms of pestering gnats
a plaguey newfangled safety catch
a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
a vexatious child
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Tease \Tease\ (t[=e]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teased}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Teasing}.] [AS. t?san to pluck, tease; akin to OD.
teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. t[ae]se, t[ae]sse. [root]58. Cf.
{Touse}.]
1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. ``Teasing matted wool.''
--Wordsworth.
2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap;
teasel.
3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with
needles or similar instruments.
4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy,
disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and
raillery; to plague. --Cowper.
He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts
directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague;
torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin.
Usage: {Tease}, {Vex}. To tease is literally to pull or
scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect
to little things, which is often more irritating, and
harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally
to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence,
to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms. This
sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still
a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance
or anger created by minor provocations, losses,
disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of
a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or
stupidity of our servants.
Not by the force of carnal reason,
But indefatigable teasing. --Hudibras.
In disappointments, where the affections have
been strongly placed, and the expectations
sanguine, particularly where the agency of
others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into
vexation and chagrin. --Cogan.
{Tease tenon} (Joinery), a long tenon at the top of a post to
receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.
- It is Ms English, however, who has achieved the ultimate in strip-tease: teasing without stripping.
- In what seems a fairly banal development the man decides to spend more time with his family. Yet this is only a teasing, though longish, start: almost a decoy, just as Hitchcock and Truffaut have been mentioned in the early dialogue.
- Jim Smith of Camp Hill, Pa., said he started the organization because he met so many people with the name and because of all the teasing he got.
- Annette, a 20-year-old downtown Manhattan office worker who declined to give her full name or company, says she placed an ad insulting a co-worker as minor revenge for the teasing and pranks he pulled on her.
- Quietly brooding, tempting, she plays the role with a kittenish touch, teasing the soldiers and giving Don Jose a surprise by springing upon him from behind.
- Zumwalt said his son was strong until the end, even joking and teasing with family members during conversations that began Friday evening.
- Last summer the airline ran a teasing TV advertising campaign featuring celebrities, including Branson himself, reading a book called How to Get Ahead in Business.
- Another, The Art of Dining, is set in a restaurant while her Coastal Disturbances takes place on a beach with the ocean heaving in the background. Painting Churches is thus a deliberately teasing title, given Ms Howe's other works.
- Why Judy Browne's Catherine has an Irish accent is beyond me, but it adds to the teasing fun in a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
- Mr. Whitaker's friend and rival, Harry Arnold of the Sun, exclusively reported the previous day that William's nanny spanked him for teasing the royal hunting dogs.
- Even more titillating is the spectacle of the Countess and Susanna undressing Cherubino and dressing him in the Countess's clothes in Act II: two adult women teasing an overheated adolescent.
- And director George Pan (Rambo) Cosmatos directs as if his trigger finger is itching to shoot away all the phony weltschmerz in Kevin Jarre's screenplay. Calendar treats a terminal subject with teasing glee.
- The samples usually are unstable, yielding only teasing glimpses of superconductivity.
- Zumwalt said his son was strong until the end, even joking and teasing with relatives during Friday evening.