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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 扭；拧；焦急
- vt. 扭；用力拉；开足马力
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: tweaks;第三人称单数: tweaks;过去式: tweaked;现在分词: tweaking;
助记提示
1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.
2. 扭东西时其实就是两端朝两个相反的方向转动，所以意思就是由此引申而来的。
2. 扭东西时其实就是两端朝两个相反的方向转动，所以意思就是由此引申而来的。
中文词源
tweak 扭，拧，扯，微调
来自古英语 twiccian,拔，拉，来自 Proto-Germanic*twikkijana,钉，掐，系牢，系紧，词源同 twitch.引申诸相关词义。
英文词源
- tweak
- tweak: see twig
- tweak (v.)
- "pinch, pluck, twist," usually to the nose, c. 1600, probably from Middle English twikken "to draw, tug, pluck" (mid-15c.), from Old English twiccian "to pluck," of obscure origin; perhaps related to twitch. Meaning "to make fine adjustments" is attested from 1966. Related: Tweaked; tweaking.
- tweak (n.)
- c. 1600, "a twitch, a pluck," from tweak (v.). As "a fine adjustment" by 1989.
双语例句
- 1. He gave the boy's ear a painful tweak.
- 他用力拧了一下那男孩的耳朵.
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- 2. He expects the system to get even better as the engineers tweak its performance.
- 他预计在工程师对其性能稍加改进后，该系统会运行得更加良好。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. What tweak does child night sweat have to you can be solved?
- 孩子盗汗有什么好办法可解决?
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- 4. Genetic tweak makes virus favour human nose and throat.
- 基因变异使病毒更适应人类的鼻和喉.
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- 5. The rest could be made up with a tweak to compensation ratios.
- 其余部分可以通过调整薪酬支出来弥补.
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