tweak

英 [twiːk] 美 [twiːk]

• v. 拧；扭；拉；微调
• n. 拧；扭；捏；<俚>妙计

英英释义

Noun:

1. a squeeze with the fingers

Verb:

1. pinch or squeeze sharply

2. pull or pull out sharply;

   "pluck the flowers off the bush"
   

3. adjust finely;

   "fine-tune the engine"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He gave the boy's ear a painful tweak.
   他用力拧了一下那男孩的耳朵。
2. Maybe you should tweak a few sentences before you send in the report.
   也许在你递交报告之前应该稍微修改一下句子。

用作名词 (n.)

1. She tweaked his ear playfully.
   她拧他的耳朵玩儿。
2. Setting up the chat is really easy and you can tweak it to suit you and your audience.
   建立聊天确实是容易的，你能捏它适合你和你的观众。

经典引文

• She settled herself more comfortably..giving a tweak to her..beret.

  出自： A. Guinness

• She reached forward..and tweaked off my spectacles.

  出自： W. Golding

• The..scream of annoyance which Helen gives when Nigel tweaks her hair.

  出自： J. Gathorne

近反义词

【近义词】

• pinch 捏
• fine-tune 微调
• nip 夹
• jerk 急动
• twist 缠绕
• tug 用力拉
• pull 拉
• yank 猛拉
• correct 正确的
• adjust 调整
• modify 修改
• regulate 调整
• pull off 脱，拿掉，拿下...
• pluck 摘
• pick off 采取(传感