tantalize

C2 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 逗弄, 使干着急

发音

US /ˈtæntəlaɪz/
AU /ˈtæntəlaɪz/

词形变化

tantalized tantalizes 三单 tantalizes tantalizing tantalizing 现在分词 tantalized 过去式 tantalized 过去分词

别名

tantalise

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To be teased by something desirable that is kept out of reach.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

ride bait rally tease rag cod twit taunt tantalise razz

上位词 2

mock bemock

下位词 10

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词源

From Tantalus (Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos)) in Greek mythology, who was condemned to Tartarus in the underworld. There, he had to stand for eternity in water that receded from him when he stooped to drink, beneath fruit trees whose branches were always out of reach. Derived as Tantalus + -ize.

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