2008年1月18日 星期五

tease, SERRATED, CANTER

tease Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset them:
I used to hate being teased about my red hair when I was at school.
I was only teasing, I didn't mean to upset you.

tease Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 someone who is always teasing people:
Johnny, don't be such a tease - leave your sister alone!

2 SLANG DISAPPROVING someone who enjoys causing sexual excitement and interest in people with whom she or he does not intend to have sex


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adjective
having a row of sharp points along the edge:
You really need a knife with a serrated edge for cutting bread.

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verb [I]
If a horse canters, it moves at a quite fast but easy and comfortable speed:
The horsemen cantered round the field a few times.

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noun [C usually singular]
The horses set off at a canter.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Fred D. Thompson, 65, is plying the comeback trail in South Carolina, his poll numbers showing a tease of life — he is, statistically speaking, tied for third in recent polls — and his country wit growing more serrated. He has opened cuts in the flanks of two rivals, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, neither of whom he much cares for. But his campaign does not gallop; a gentlemanly canter is more to the point.


紐約時報 Thompson, Lingering in Midpack, Sticks to a Slow and Steady Strategy






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