tease

vt.

1. 戏弄，逗弄；取笑；欺负
   The dog may bite you if you keep teasing him.

   要是你不停地逗惹那条狗，它也许会咬你。

   He hates to be teased about his balding head.

   他不喜欢人家取笑他的秃头。

2. 挑逗
   He suspected that Laura was teasing him.

   他怀疑劳拉是在挑逗他。

3. 哄；向……强求
   She has been teasing her mother all morning for a new dress.

   她整个上午缠着她妈妈要一件新的连衫裙。

4. 梳理（毛，麻等）；使起毛

vi.

1. 戏弄；取笑
   Don't take it seriously -- he was only teasing.

   别当真，他只是在戏弄你。