英语词汇“titillate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A juicy steak may titillate your taste buds, or sexy images in a foreign film may titillate your desire. Titillate means to excite someone's imagination, especially in a sexual way.

Titillate comes from a Latin verb that means "tickle," and that's what something that titillates does to the imagination. Today's media bombard you with images made to titillate, from video game heroines with extreme physiques to casual nudity on prime-time TV. But it doesn't have to be sex to titillate. A display of fabulous pastries in a bakery window can titillate your senses, or whispered rumors about your high school principal's past life as a rodeo queen may titillate your curiosity.

WORD FAMILY

titillate: titillated, titillates, titillating, titillation+/titillating: titillatingly/titillation: titillations

USAGE EXAMPLES

At times, Susan appears tortured by the vicarious anger it seems to express and also titillated by it.

Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016)

Verhoeven’s world is the exception that titillates not to challenge the rule but to sucker viewers into overlooking it, ignoring it, and dismissing it.

The New Yorker(Nov 15, 2016)

The whole scenario is as perverse and titillating as anything in the notoriously erotic stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer.

The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016)

1v excite pleasurably or erotically

A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine

Hyper

excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

2v touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

Syn|Hyper

tickle, vellicate

itch

have or perceive an itch

单词	titillate
释义	titillate (once / 8982 pages) v A juicy steak may titillate your taste buds, or sexy images in a foreign film may titillate your desire. Titillate means to excite someone's imagination, especially in a sexual way. Titillate comes from a Latin verb that means "tickle," and that's what something that titillates does to the imagination. Today's media bombard you with images made to titillate, from video game heroines with extreme physiques to casual nudity on prime-time TV. But it doesn't have to be sex to titillate. A display of fabulous pastries in a bakery window can titillate your senses, or whispered rumors about your high school principal's past life as a rodeo queen may titillate your curiosity. WORD FAMILY titillate: titillated, titillates, titillating, titillation+/titillating: titillatingly/titillation: titillations USAGE EXAMPLES At times, Susan appears tortured by the vicarious anger it seems to express and also titillated by it. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) Verhoeven’s world is the exception that titillates not to challenge the rule but to sucker viewers into overlooking it, ignoring it, and dismissing it. The New Yorker(Nov 15, 2016) The whole scenario is as perverse and titillating as anything in the notoriously erotic stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016) 1v excite pleasurably or erotically A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine Hyper excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 2v touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Syn\|Hyper tickle, vellicate itch have or perceive an itch
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