tweak
英 [twi?k]
美[twik]
- n. 扭；擰；焦急
- vt. 扭；用力拉；開足馬力
擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tweaks;第三人稱單數(shù):?tweaks;過去式:?tweaked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?tweaking;
助記提示
1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.
2. 扭東西時其實(shí)就是兩端朝兩個相反的方向轉(zhuǎn)動，所以意思就是由此引申而來的。
2. 扭東西時其實(shí)就是兩端朝兩個相反的方向轉(zhuǎn)動，所以意思就是由此引申而來的。
中文詞源
tweak 扭，擰，扯，微調(diào)
來自古英語 twiccian,拔，拉，來自 Proto-Germanic*twikkijana,釘，掐，系牢，系緊，詞源同 twitch.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- tweak
- tweak: see twig
- tweak (v.)
- "pinch, pluck, twist," usually to the nose, c. 1600, probably from Middle English twikken "to draw, tug, pluck" (mid-15c.), from Old English twiccian "to pluck," of obscure origin; perhaps related to twitch. Meaning "to make fine adjustments" is attested from 1966. Related: Tweaked; tweaking.
- tweak (n.)
- c. 1600, "a twitch, a pluck," from tweak (v.). As "a fine adjustment" by 1989.
雙語例句
- 1. He gave the boy's ear a painful tweak.
- 他用力擰了一下那男孩的耳朵.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He expects the system to get even better as the engineers tweak its performance.
- 他預(yù)計(jì)在工程師對其性能稍加改進(jìn)后，該系統(tǒng)會運(yùn)行得更加良好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. What tweak does child night sweat have to you can be solved?
- 孩子盜汗有什么好辦法可解決?
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- 4. Genetic tweak makes virus favour human nose and throat.
- 基因變異使病毒更適應(yīng)人類的鼻和喉.
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- 5. The rest could be made up with a tweak to compensation ratios.
- 其余部分可以通過調(diào)整薪酬支出來彌補(bǔ).
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