单词 | tweak |
释义 | tweak (once / 4004 pages) vn When you tweak something, you pinch it or twist it. You may have a doting aunt who thinks you're still two years old and can't resist tweaking your nose every time she sees you. Tweak also means to adjust or fine-tune. When you finish writing a paper, it's a good idea to go back through one last time, to tweak it and make sure it's absolutely perfect. So when you tweak something or give something a tweak, you're making little adjustments, you’re not rewriting your paper or tossing it out and starting all over again. WORD FAMILYtweak: tweaked, tweaking, tweaks USAGE EXAMPLESHe suffered a tweak of his right knee on Pittsburgh’s final play. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Players said Franklin changed nothing besides some tweaks to the game plan. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) “I thought I tweaked it doing one thing or another.” Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v adjust finely Syn|Hyper fine-tune tune, tune up adjust for (better) functioning 2v pinch or squeeze sharply Hyper nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch squeeze tightly between the fingers 3v pull or pull out sharply Syn|Hypo|Hyper pick off, pluck, pull off draw away, draw off, pull off remove by drawing or pulling tweeze pluck with tweezers draw, force, pull cause to move by pulling 4n a squeeze with the fingers Syn|Hyper pinch squeeze, squeezing the act of gripping and pressing firmly |
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