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词汇 lick
释义 lick
verb
uk /lɪk/ us /lɪk/

lickverb (MOVE TONGUE)


B2[ T ]
to move the tongue across the surface of something: 舔,舐
He licked the chocolate off his fingers.他把手指上的巧克力舔干净了。
She licked the stamps and stuck them on the parcel.她舔了一下邮票,然后贴在包裹上。
[ T, I+ prep ]
If flames or waves lick something, they pass over it quickly or touch it lightly like a tongue: (火焰)蔓延,掠过,吞卷;(波浪)拍击,冲刷
Within a few seconds flames were licking at the curtains.几秒钟之内火舌就蔓延到了窗帘。
Lick the envelope and seal it.
They licked their lollies.
We ate the cakes and licked our fingers.
They licked water from the window panes.
The cat licked its kittens clean.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Biting, chewing & swallowing
bit
bite
biter
champ
chew
chew on something
chomp
crunch
dunk
gnaw
masticate
mastication
masticatory
munch
peck at something
rumination
suck
unbitten
unchewable

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Touching & feeling

lickverb (DEFEAT)


[ T ]informal
to defeat easily in a competition, fight, etc.: (在竞赛、争斗等中)轻易打败,轻取
We'll lick the other teams.我们将一举击败其他球队。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Winning and defeating
annihilate
annihilation
bank
be gunning for someoneidiom
be one in the eye for someoneidiom
convincing
mincemeat
moral victory
move/go/close in for the killidiom
near thing
outclass
scrape
sew
slaughter
sweep the boardidiom
take someone down
take someone to the cleaner'sidiom
take something apart
takedown
thrash

Idioms


have (got) something licked
lick someone's boots
lick your lips
lick your wounds
lick
noun
uk /lɪk/ us /lɪk/

licknoun (HIT)


[ C ]old-fashionedinformal
the act of hitting someone with something such as a whip抽打,鞭打
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hitting and beating
at-risk
bang away
bang someone up
basher
bashing
butt
duke
fetch
gut punch
hammer
head-butt
hell
mess
punch
swing at someone
swing for someone
tan someone's hideidiom
tar
tonk
wallop

licknoun (SPEED)


 at a fair, great, etc. lickUKinformal
at a fast speed: 迅速地
The trains go by at a hell of a lick.火车疾驰而过。

licknoun (SMALL AMOUNT)


[ C ]informal
a small amount or thin layer: 少量;薄层
The living room could do with a lick of paint.起居室薄薄地刷一层油漆就行了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Words meaning small pieces and amounts
by a noseidiom
clipping
crumb
dab of something
dash
dollop
grain
hint
ort
paring
peewee
pinch
potsherd
skinny
spark
tad
thimbleful
tidbit
tiddler
titbit

licknoun (MUSIC)


[ C ] music  specialized
in jazz or rock music, a short series of notes played by one musician(爵士乐或摇滚乐中的)小过门
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Musical pieces
arrangement
ballade
bolero
bossa nova
Britannia
chorus
fantasia
jingle
medley
multi-part
nocturne
octet
opus
playlist
sonata
sonatina
song form
streetscape
string quartet
string quintet

licknoun (TONGUE)


[ C ]
the action of licking something: 舔,舐
Can I have a lick of your ice cream?我可以尝一口你的冰激凌吗?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Biting, chewing & swallowing
bit
bite
biter
champ
chew
chew on something
chomp
crunch
dunk
gnaw
masticate
mastication
masticatory
munch
peck at something
rumination
suck
unbitten
unchewable

Idiom


a lick and a promise

lick | American Dictionary


lick
verb[ T ]
us/lɪk/

lickverb[T] (MOVE TONGUE)


to move the tongue across the surface of something as a way of eating it or making it wet or clean:
[ T ]to lick a stamp/lollipop

lickverb[T] (DEFEAT)


infml
to defeat someone or something, or to solve a difficult problem:
He has licked the cancer.

Idiom


lick your wounds
lick
noun[ C ]
us/lɪk/

licknoun[C] (SMALL AMOUNT)


infml
a small amount:
Chuck couldn’t read a lick.

Examples of lick


lick
K-containing mineral feed was bought, just pure salt licks.
Having people contacting calves might lead to different behaviour by the dam, such as licking it more, enabling increased faecal-oral spread opportunity.
Green rocks appearing on the licks suggest that the material evolved through weathering in the lick area.
The size and the relief of each lick were determined and mapped.
Physico-chemical analysis of the geophagical lick soil showed significantly higher quantities of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese and clay compared with the other soils.
The animals had free access to clean water and mineral salt lick.
For example, we observe either flinching or licking behavior of an affected paw and regard it as indicating spontaneous pain.
She took a lollipop to lick and didn't feel sick.
The bear loves, licks, and forms her young; but bears are not philosophers.
The geophagical sites were determined for ten licks.
During the samling-period the river at three licks only touched their borders.
At each lick, two or three sites for pits were randomly chosen.
In addition, 24 control samples were taken at seven localities in the forest at 1-4 km distance to the nearest lick.
Soil eating (geophagy) from selected sites (natural licks) is reported from many mammalian herbivore and omnivore populations.
I could see it, all too clearly : my father's skull empty and gleaming, licked clean from the inside.
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