licks

英 [lɪks]

美 [lɪks]

v.  舔; 舔吃; 舔着喝; 掠过; (火舌)舔食
lick的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 舔
  When people or animalslicksomething, they move their tongue across its surface.
  1. She folded up her letter, licking the envelope flap with relish...
     她把信折好，用力舔了舔信封的折口。
  2. The dog rose awkwardly to his feet and licked the man's hand excitedly.
     那只狗笨拙地站起来，兴奋地舔着那个男人的手。
  3. Lickis also a noun.
     
  4. Kevin wanted a lick of Sarah's lollipop.
     凯文想舔一下萨拉的棒棒糖。
• VERB 轻易打败；轻松战胜
  If youlicksomeone or something, you easily defeat them in a fight or competition.
  1. He might be able to lick us all in a fair fight...
     如果公平较量，他也许能将我们所有人都轻易打败。
  2. The Chancellor's upbeat message that the Government had licked inflation for good was marred by more job losses.
     总理乐观地声称政府已经一劳永逸地解决了通货膨胀问题，但更多人的失业却令这一消息大为减色。
• VERB （火焰）触及，吞卷
  When flames of a large firelicksomewhere or something, the fire begins to reach that place or thing and the flames touch it lightly and briefly.
  1. The fire came roaring through the kitchen ceiling and sent its red tongues licking into the entrance hall...
     大火蔓烧过厨房的天花板咆哮而来，红色的火舌朝门厅内卷去。
  2. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.
     火焰的舌尖舔卷着绯红色的天空。
• N-COUNT 少量；一点
  Alick ofsomething is a small amount of it.
  1. It could do with a lick of paint to brighten up its premises.
     可用少量油彩使四下显得更亮堂。
• N-COUNT 小过门（吉他演奏的歌曲）；（即兴插入的）爵士乐装饰乐句
  Alickis a short piece of music which is part of a song and is played on a guitar. Alickis also a short section in a piece of jazz, which the musician invents while they are playing.
  1. ...the screeching licks of heavy metal guitar.
     用重金属吉他演奏的尖厉过门
• → see:lip

双语例句

• He took his licks and got back in the good graces of the clowns.
  他接受了杖罚，并和小丑们重归于好。
• He was ready to take his licks.
  他准备挨打。
• The future could look bleak for human musicians as well. This android was laying down some licks with the Computer Robot Band.
  另外，人类音乐家们可能也没啥前景了。这个机器人正随着电脑机器人乐队的节拍轻轻舞动。
• Crowds of fans thronged the Palace Grounds in the southern Indian city of Bangalore hours before the show, part of the band's "40 Licks" tour.
  演出前数小时，就有成群的乐迷涌向印度南部城市班加罗尔的“宫殿”广场。这次演出是该乐队“40首小调”巡回演出的一部分。
• Those first moments are crucial for mother and offspring from the moment it is born, she licks the pup, calls to it, pets it and protects it.
  刚出生的时候对于母亲和养育来说都是非常重要的，从它出生的那一刻起，母亲会舔舐幼崽，呼唤它、爱抚它并且保护它。
• The students all dislike him because he often licks the teacher's boots ( apple-polished the teacher).
  同学们都很讨厌他，因为他经常拍老师的马屁。
• Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
  爱是即使你把你的小狗孤零零扔在家一天，他还会添你的脸。
• Male colleagues look away awkwardly as she moans and licks the lolly in the minute-long clip.
  在这段一分钟的短片中，女职员边舔冰棍，边发出吮吸声，在场的男同事们十分尴尬地把脸转过去。
• 'It's one thing when you come home and your dog sees you and jumps on you and licks you and knows that good things are about to happen.
  当你回到家时，你的狗一见到你就会扑到你怀里，不停地舔你，它知道有好事要降临了。
• Just before he went out, he squatted down to pet the collie, who acknowledged the attention with several sloppy licks along his arms.
  他走出去前蹲下拍拍那小狗，小狗舐了几下他胳膊表示对这一关注领情。