caress

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ca·ress1 /kəˈres/ verb [transitive]  1  TOUCH especially literary to touch someone gently in a way that shows you love them 爱抚，抚摸 SYN stroke His hands gently caressed her body. 他的双手温柔地抚摸着她的身体。► see thesaurus at touch2  TOUCH literary to touch something gently, in a way that seems pleasant or romantic 轻触，轻拍 Waves caressed the shore. 波浪轻轻拍打着海岸。→ See Verb table

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caress• Looming over the Everqueen it reached out to caress her cheek with its claw.• He began caressing her with a surprising gentleness.• She wanted so much to hold, touch, and caress her.• Barbara held the tiny baby close and caressed his cheek.• She was caressing his face when the phone rang, making them both jump a little.• Stan lovingly caressed my cheek.• The sunlight caressed the crimson and white chrysanthemums in the abandoned courtyard.• Cameras caress them from every angle.• Their hands - podgy, thin, freckled or pale - touched everything, prodding, caressing, tickling, squeezing.caress2 noun [countable] especially literary  TOUCHa gentle touch or kiss that shows you love someone 爱抚，抚摸；亲吻

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caress• So light a caress to do so much!• He observed naughtily, subtly, wittily, passively, on occasion with a feline caress.• Suddenly it was no longer enough to accept his caresses without responding.• There was no inhuman obscene caress, no acid caking on her flesh.• Her body was a new one under his sensual caresses, reborn for this man who held her heart.• Yet the caress of his meaning was delicate as the first green fronds of spring.• Skye stood by the hotel bus, basking in the unfamiliar caress.Origin caress2 (1600-1700) French caresse, from Italian carezza, from caro “dear”, from Latin carus; → CHARITY

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ca‧ress¹ /kəˈres/ verb [transitive]
1. especially literary to touch someone gently in a way that shows you love them
   SYN  stroke:
    His hands gently caressed her body.
2. literary to touch something gently, in a way that seems pleasant or romantic:
    Waves caressed the shore.
     

THESAURUS

■ touch somebody gently or lovingly
   ▪ stroke to move your hand gently over something, especially in a loving way: She stroked the child’s hair. | Our cat won’t let people stroke him.
   ▪ pat to touch an animal or child lightly several times, with your hand flat: He knelt down to pat the dog. | She patted the little boy’s head.
   ▪ pet to touch and move your hand gently over someone, especially an animal or child: The goats, pigs, sheep, and cows here allow you to pet them.
   ▪ caress /kəˈres/ to gently touch a part of someone’s body in a loving way: a mother caressing her child | She caressed his cheek.
   ▪ fondle to touch a part of someone’s body in a loving or sexual way – use this especially about touching someone in a sexual way that is not wanted: He tried to fondle her and she immediately pulled away from him.

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caress² noun [countable] especially literarya gentle touch or kiss that shows you love someone