kittle

a. 难应付的, 麻烦的 vt. 逗笑, 使为难

词形变化

kittles 三单 kittling 现在分词 kittled 过去式 kittled 过去分词 kittler 比较级 kittler kittlest kittlest 最高级

别名

kittel

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To tickle, to touch lightly.

    苏格兰 及物
  2. 1.

    To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

    苏格兰 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Ticklish.

    苏格兰
  2. 2.

    Not easily managed

    苏格兰

相关短语

kittle cattle 难应付的人 kittle of fish kettle of fish n. 两码事; 野炊; 糟糕; 尴尬局面：很麻烦或棘手的尴尬局面

词源

From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”), but note that many such words are sound-symbolic. Compare tickle.

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