titillate

Word family adjectivetitillatingtitillativeadverbtitillatinglynountitillationtitillatorverbtitillate

tit·il·late /ˈtɪtəleɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

EXCITEDif a picture or a story titillates someone, it makes them feel sexually interested 使感到性兴奋

—titillating adjectiveadj

—titillation /ˌtɪtəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

titillate• It was rubbing up and down as if he were titillating an unseen erogenous zone.• Even when the lubricious Cardinal is titillated by his chair-straddling mistress, it is in the shadow of an overhanging jewelled crucifix.• He titillated himself with thoughts of her applying that cruelty to him.• The sex scandal is titillating the American public.• Details of the sex scandal are being revealed just to titillate the public, not inform them.

Origin titillate

(1600-1700) Latin past participle of titillare “to tickle”

词汇	titillate
释义	titillate Word family adjectivetitillatingtitillativeadverbtitillatinglynountitillationtitillatorverbtitillate tit·il·late /ˈtɪtəleɪt/ verb [transitiveT] EXCITEDif a picture or a story titillates someone, it makes them feel sexually interested 使感到性兴奋 —titillating adjectiveadj —titillation /ˌtɪtəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus titillate• It was rubbing up and down as if he were titillating an unseen erogenous zone.• Even when the lubricious Cardinal is titillated by his chair-straddling mistress, it is in the shadow of an overhanging jewelled crucifix.• He titillated himself with thoughts of her applying that cruelty to him.• The sex scandal is titillating the American public.• Details of the sex scandal are being revealed just to titillate the public, not inform them. Origin titillate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of titillare “to tickle”
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