tantalize
- IPA[ˈtantəlʌɪz]
英式
- torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable；excite the senses or desires of (someone)
verb: tantalize, 3rd person present: tantalizes, gerund or present participle: tantalizing, past tense: tantalized, past participle: tantalized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers
- ▪ excite the senses or desires of (someone) she still tantalized him
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈtan(t)lˌīz]
美式
- torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable: such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers
Oxford American Dictionary
