tweeze

动词 v.
/twiz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pluck or grasp using tweezers. transitive
    — Stamp-men tweeze their treasures to avoid smudging, wear, tear; to hold them up to the light or pick them out of benzine baths in search of watermarks.
  2. To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers. transitive
    — Here Mrs. Lawrence had smiled to soften the anxiety of her blue eyes under their frowning, carefully tweezed brows.
  3. To pluck out hairs using tweezers. intransitive
    — Word to the wise: if you must tweeze solo, stick to plucking only the obvious stray hairs.

词形变化

tweezes present,singular,third-person tweezing participle,present tweezed participle,past tweezed past

词源

Back-formation from tweezers.
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