itch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
  2. A constant teasing desire or want.
    — ... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
动词 v.
  1. To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. intransitive,stative
  2. To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something. intransitive
    — He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
  3. To cause to feel an itch. transitive
    — My head is suddenly itching me like mad.
  4. To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch. colloquial,transitive
    — "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.

词形变化

itches plural itches present,singular,third-person itching participle,present itched participle,past itched past

词汇关系

近义词
yuck yuik yeuk
衍生词
antiitch baker's itch barber itch barber's itch barley itch beard itch bricklayer's itch crotch itch Cuban itch dhobi itch Dogger Bank itch duck itch grain itch grocer's itch ground itch gym itch hell's itch itchless itchlike itch mite itchsome itchweed itchy jock itch ked itch lake itch mad itch Malabar itch mattress itch mihi itch prairie itch scratch an itch scratch the itch scratch one's own itch seven-year itch straw itch swimmer's itch washerwoman's itch itcher itch the ditch make one's teeth itch make someone's teeth itch

词源

词源 1
From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“itch”), German jucken.
词源 2
From Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).
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