Wordiyotease
🇬🇧 UK/ti:z/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
v.
To mock or make fun of someone playfully or unkindly; to deliberately provoke or tantalize.
戏弄，取笑，逗弄
n.
A person who teases others; an act of teasing.
爱戏弄人者；戏弄，取笑
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishteaseother
=tease
Common Collocations
- 1.tease mercilessly无情地取笑
- 2.tease about因……而取笑
- 3.playfully tease开玩笑地逗弄
- 4.[tease and taunt]戏弄与嘲讽
Example Sentences
- 1.
The older kids teased him about his new haircut until he felt embarrassed.
- 2.
She teased her friend playfully about the crush he had been hiding for months.
- 3.
Stop teasing the cat — you'll only make it scratch you.