tease

tease /ti:z/
  • ngoại động từ
    • chòng ghẹo, trêu tức, trêu chọc, chòng
    • quấy rầy
      • to tease someone for something: quấy rầy ai để được cái gì, quấy rầy ai vì cái gì
    • tháo, rút sợi (sợi vải); gỡ rối (chỉ)
    • chải (len, dạ)
    • danh từ
      • người chòng ghẹo, người hay trêu chòng
      • sự chòng ghẹo, sự trêu chòng

    Xem thêm: teaser, annoyer, vexer, coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, prickteaser, teasing, ribbing, tantalization, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride, tease apart, loosen, card, fluff



    tease

    Từ điển Collocation

    tease verb

    ADV. mercilessly | a little, gently, lightly

    VERB + TEASE used to

    PREP. about His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes. | with They teased her mercilessly with remarks about her weight.

    PHRASES be just/only teasing Don't get upset, I was only teasing.


    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • annoy persistently; badger, pester, bug, beleaguer

      The children teased the boy because of his stammer

    • harass with persistent criticism or carping; razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride

      The children teased the new teacher

      Don't ride me so hard over my failure

      His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

    • to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them

      The advertisement is intended to tease the customers

      She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior

    • tear into pieces

      tease tissue for microscopic examinations

    • raise the nap of (fabrics)
    • disentangle and raise the fibers of; tease apart, loosen

      tease wool

    • separate the fibers of; card

      tease wool

    • mock or make fun of playfully

      the flirting man teased the young woman

    • ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect; fluff

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    teases|teased|teasing
    syn.: annoy badger banter bother jest joke pester vex