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基本释义
  • vt. 抽动
英英解释
  •  2个动词解释

    1. touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
      [同] tickle, titillate, vellicate
    2. irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
      [同] pinch, vellicate
      [例]
      • smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth
      • the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back