ticklish

英 [ˈtɪklɪʃ]

美 [ˈtɪklɪʃ]

adj.  怕痒的; 易痒的; 难对付的; 难处理的; 棘手的; 使喉咙发痒的

GRE

BNC.33694 / COCA.28399

牛津词典

adj.

• 怕痒的；易痒的
  sensitive to being tickled
  1. Are you ticklish?
     你怕痒吗？
• 难对付的；难处理的；棘手的
  difficult to deal with, and possibly embarrassing
• 使喉咙发痒的
  that irritates your throat
  1. a dry ticklish cough
     喉咙发痒的干咳

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (问题、情况、任务)艰难的，难处理的;棘手的
  Aticklishproblem, situation, or task is difficult and needs to be dealt with carefully.
  1. So car makers are faced with the ticklish problem of how to project products at new buyers.
     因此，汽车制造商面临着怎样向新顾客树立产品形象的大难题。
• ADJ-GRADED 怕痒的;怕胳肢的
  Someone who isticklishis sensitive to being tickled, and laughs as soon as you tickle them.
  1. This massage method is not recommended for anyone who is very ticklish.
     这种按摩法不推荐给怕痒的人使用。

英英释义

adj

• difficult to handle
  1. delicate negotiations with the big powers
  2. a touchy subject
  Synonym:delicatetouchy

双语例句

• This presented a ticklish etiquette problem.
  这提出了一个棘手的礼节问题。
• It is a ticklish task, since Mandarin characters can have both phonetic and descriptive meanings.
  这是一项棘手的任务，因为汉字既有语音含义，又有描述性含义。
• It is an important, courageous and rather ticklish step for us. I really hope this will now become the norm for Italian football and its stadiums.
  对于我们来说，则是在微妙的大环境下迈出了相当重要的一步，我们希望这座球场未来将是很多意大利球场的模板。
• We only feel ticklish if we detect a sense of invasion or attack.
  我们只会在察觉受到侵犯或攻击时才会觉得痒。
• A canoe is a ticklish craft.
  独木舟是不稳当的船。
• In his ticklish position he nearly lost his balance and only just avoided rolling over into the road, the horse, though a powerful one, being fortunately the quietest he rode.
  他坐得并不稳，这一推几乎使他失去了平衡，差一点儿没有滚到路上去，幸好他骑的那匹马虽然是一匹健壮的马，却是最老实的一匹。
• Have you ever thought about why people are ticklish?
  你有没有想过人为什么会怕痒？
• It accustoms a horse to being handled and helps to desensitize ticklish areas.
  刷马使马习惯于被控制并帮助马在一些他怕痒的地方脱敏。
• Slide over a ticklish question
  略过一个难以处理的问题
• He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish questions.
  面对那些棘手的问题他也显得束手无策了。