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。

n.[C]

1. 戏弄；取笑[S]
2. 爱戏弄人的人；爱纠缠的小孩
   She is a big tease, but she doesn't mean anything by it.

   她很爱戏弄人，但她并没有什么恶意。

3. 挑逗者
4. 卖弄风骚的女孩
   Be careful, that girl is a real tease, she's the town heart-breaker.

   小心，那是一个爱卖弄风骚的女孩，她是镇上专伤男人心的人。

v.

1. playfully make fun of or attempt to provoke.
   ▸tempt sexually.
2. gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands.
   ▸chiefly N. Amer. backcomb (hair).
   ▸archaic comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap.
3. (tease something out) find something out by searching through a mass of information.

n.

1. an act of teasing.
2. a person who teases.
   ▸a person who tempts someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused.