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

• I don't like the man who licks his leader's boots.
  我不喜欢给领导拍马屁的人。
• I had given him a few good licks in return.
  我也重重地回敬了他好几拳。
• 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。
• Rocha: Every dog licks his own dick.
  罗恰：只有狗才会吃自己的屎。
• Practice Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Time Using These Licks and Riffs.
  实践提示，以获得您大部分的时间都用这些舔和功效。
• All of the licks, riffs, and methods in this arsenal have been meticulously created and organized to give you the best possible learning experience.
  所有的舔，药材和方法，这在阿森纳队已经创造了精心组织，并给您最好的学习经验。
• '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。
• A few licks and nibbles.
  舔几下，咬几口。
• The clerk licks the manger's arse.
  这个职损拼命拍经理马屁。
• Bob Geldof: I think almost uniquely possibly in music and certainly in guitar, are a guitarist's paces, his, all his solos or his little licks can be hummed by practically everyone in the world.
  鲍勃·吉尔多夫：我想他编曲的风格独特，尤其是吉他弹奏，用的是吉他手的节奏。他所有的独唱部分都有他即兴加入的小过门，几乎每个人都能轻轻哼出来。