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tickle

verb
🔊/ˈtɪkl/
🔊/ˈtɪkl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tickle
🔊/ˈtɪkl/
🔊/ˈtɪkl/
he / she / it tickles
🔊/ˈtɪklz/
🔊/ˈtɪklz/
past simple tickled
🔊/ˈtɪkld/
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past participle tickled
🔊/ˈtɪkld/
🔊/ˈtɪkld/
-ing form tickling
🔊/ˈtɪklɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtɪklɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] tickle (somebody/something) to move your fingers on a sensitive part of somebody’s body in a way that makes them laugh呵痒；胳肢
    • The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me.比我高大的女孩过去总是追赶着胳肢我。🔊🔊
    • I tickled his feet with a feather.我用羽毛痒他的脚。
    • Stop tickling!别胳肢了！🔊🔊
  2. [transitive, intransitive] tickle (something) to produce a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a sensitive part of the body; to have a feeling like this（使）发痒
    • His beard was tickling her cheek.他的胡须扎得她的面颊痒痒的。🔊🔊
    • My throat tickles.我嗓子发痒。🔊🔊
    • a tickling cough痒咳
  3. [transitive] to please and interest somebody逗乐；使高兴；使感兴趣；使满足
    • tickle somebody/something to tickle somebody’s imagination满足某人的想象力
    • tickle somebody to do something I was tickled to discover that we'd both done the same thing.我高兴地发现我俩在做同样的事。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be delighted or thrilled’): perhaps a frequentative of the verb tick, or an alteration of Scots and dialect kittle ‘to tickle’.
Idioms
be tickled pink
  1. (informal) to be very pleased高兴极了；非常开心
    • She was tickled pink to be given flowers.她被粉红色挠痒痒地开花。
    Topics Feelingsc2
tickle somebody’s fancy
  1. (informal) to please somebody使觉得好玩；使开心
    • See if any of these tickle your fancy.看看这里面是否有你喜欢的。🔊🔊
    • If you see something that tickles your fancy, I’ll buy it for you.如果您发现有令您着迷的东西，我会为您购买。

tickle

noun
🔊/ˈtɪkl/
🔊/ˈtɪkl/
[usually singular]Idioms
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  1. an act of tickling somebody呵痒；胳肢
    • She gave the child a little tickle.她轻轻地胳肢孩子。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + tickle
    • give somebody/​something
    • feel
    See full entry
  2. a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a part of your body痒；痒感
    • to have a tickle in your throat (= that makes you want to cough)喉咙里发痒
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + tickle
    • give somebody/​something
    • feel
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be delighted or thrilled’): perhaps a frequentative of the verb tick, or an alteration of Scots and dialect kittle ‘to tickle’.
Idioms
slap and tickle
  1. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) enthusiastic kissing and cuddling between lovers（情人之间的）拥抱亲吻