| 词汇 | caress |
| 释义 | caress verb[ I or T ] uk /kəˈres/ us /kəˈres/ to touch or kiss someone in a gentle and loving way: 爱抚；抚摸；亲吻 Gently he caressed her cheek.他轻抚她的脸颊。 Synonym fondle Showing affection affectionate affectionately aw bear hug canoodle chuck cwtch up to someone demonstratively demonstrativeness embrace embracingly fall into someone's armsidiom love bombing make something/someone out man hug mwah osculate smack spoon squeeze caress noun[ C ] uk /kəˈres/ us /kəˈres/ a gentle and loving touch or kiss: One of her gentle caresses touched the corner of his mouth. She closed her eyes, and lifted her face to the sun, enjoying its light, warm caress on her cheeks. He gave her a soft caress on the cheek and then walked to the front of the cave. He could use some help, a kind word, a gentle caress. He heard a soft purring and felt the warm caress of a cat rubbing his legs. Showing affection affectionate affectionately aw bear hug canoodle chuck cwtch up to someone demonstratively demonstrativeness embrace embracingly fall into someone's armsidiom love bombing make something/someone out man hug mwah osculate smack spoon squeeze caress | American Dictionarycaress noun[ C ] us/kəˈres/ a gentle loving touch or kiss: a mother’s soft caress caressverb[ I/T ]us/kəˈres/ [ T ]I caressed her face. Examples of caresscaress This initial caress leaves an impression on the child, creating a kind of backdrop to the auditory experiences found throughout life. When sulphur cinquefoil, another plant, was caressed once a week, it developed increased insect resistance. Its high pianistic textures and modal harmonic fabric clash with the surprisingly conventional phrasing and variation processes, while the yearning, caressing strings were almost nostalgic. Now you must caress its naked shape, shiver at its frailty, know its strength. Does the caress quiet or awaken pleasure? These distinct layers gently caress each other, until the song finally coalesces at the entrance of the voice, and the resulting song sounds both spontaneous and fully formed. Instead, we are left with a barely separated pair of siamese twins which are more likely to caress each other than compete against each other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, however, it talks about biting them but actually caresses them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have better sleeping accommodation and food, and they do not lack even the caresses of their loving mistresses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He described the cartel arrangements of the past with continental producers, in almost caressing terms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that a touch can be either a gentle caress or the hug of a bear. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They offered help, caressed his body and carried him from the room in a great gesture of sympathy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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