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tingle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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tin·gle /ˈtɪŋɡəl/ verb [intransitive]  1 MIFEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCif a part of your body tingles, you feel a slight stinging feeling, especially on your skin 〔尤指皮肤〕感到刺痛,刺痒 My body tingled all over and I had a terrible headache. 我全身刺痛,头疼欲裂。tingling feeling/sensation Graham felt a tingling sensation in his hand. 格雷厄姆感到手上一阵刺痛。2 tingle with excitement/fear/anticipation etc EXCITEDto feel excitement, fear etc very strongly 感到很激动/充满恐惧/充满期待等 She tingled with excitement. Soon she would be able to tell Martha everything. 她激动不已,很快她就能把一切都告诉玛莎了。tingle noun [countable]
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Examples from the Corpus
tingleA slight breeze rose to cool his scalp, which had been sun-baked, then doused with water until it tingled.She felt heady with excitement, and her skin tingled.Berdichev shivered but stood straighter, his skin still tingling from the shower.Liz's fingernails were tingling, her nerves crawling with frustration.The next few days I felt a curious tingling, itching sensation on my face.Suspense in fiction, that tingling sensation that makes us keep turning the pages, seems to arise in two ways.With every nerve tingling she lowered her hand, barely feeling the comb bite into her palm as her grip tightened.Seldom will you encounter a character who will make your fingers tingle so much in anticipation of closing them around his neck.tingling feeling/sensationI don't know what to do and I've got this sort of tingling feeling.The lingering tingling sensations caused by the whip glowed all over her body.He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help.Graham immediately felt a tingling sensation in his hand which quickly spread up his arm and into his chest.Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips.She felt him draw her closer up against his body - and suddenly a tingling sensation started somewhere inside her.Suspense in fiction, that tingling sensation that makes us keep turning the pages, seems to arise in two ways.
Origin tingle (1300-1400) tinkle
tin·gle verbChineseSyllable
you tingles, Corpus of your if a part body


tingle
tingle /ˈtɪŋɡəl/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: tinkle
1. if a part of your body tingles, you feel a slight stinging feeling, especially on your skin:
    My body tingled all over and I had a terrible headache.
    tingling feeling/sensation
    Graham felt a tingling sensation in his hand.
2. tingle with excitement/fear/anticipation etc to feel excitement, fear etc very strongly:
    She tingled with excitement. Soon she would be able to tell Martha everything.
—tingle noun [countable]


tin·gleBrE /ˈtɪŋɡl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they tingle BrE /ˈtɪŋɡl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it tingles BrE /ˈtɪŋɡlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡlz/ 🔊past simple tingled BrE /ˈtɪŋɡld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡld/ 🔊past participle tingled BrE /ˈtɪŋɡld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡld/ 🔊 -ing form tingling BrE /ˈtɪŋɡlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (of a part of your body 身体部位) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into it 感到刺痛The cold air made her face tingle. 冷空气冻得她的脸发痛。🔊🔊a tingling sensation刺痛感<titled tranID="23" status="1">hurt</titled>acheburnstingtingleitchthrob

These are all words that can be used when part of your body feels painful. 以上各词均可指身体部位感到疼痛。

  • hurt (of part of your body) to feel painful; (of an action) to cause pain 指(身体部位)感到疼痛、(某一动作)引起疼痛My feet hurt. 我脚疼。Ouch! That hurt! 哎哟!好疼!
  • ache to feel a continuous dull pain 指疼痛、隐痛I'm aching all over. 我周身疼痛。
  • burn (of part of your body) to feel very hot and painful 指(身体部位)火辣辣地痛、发烫Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air. 空气中弥漫的化学物质熏得我们的眼睛火辣辣地痛。
  • sting to make sb feel a sharp burning pain or uncomfortable feeling in part of their body; (of part of your body) to feel this pain 指(使)身体部位感觉刺痛、灼痛My eyes were stinging from the smoke. 烟熏得我眼睛痛。
  • tingle (of part of your body) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into the skin there 指(身体部位)感到刺痛The cold air made her face tingle. 冷空气冻得她的脸发痛。
  • itch to have an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; to make your skin feel like this 指(使)皮肤发痒I itch all over. 我浑身痒。Does the rash itch? 皮疹痒吗?
  • throb (of part of your body) to feel pain as a series of regular beats 指(身体部位)有规律地抽动、抽痛His head throbbed painfully. 他的头一抽一跳地痛。

Patterns

  • your eyes hurt/ache/burn/sting/itch
  • your skin hurts/burns/stings/tingles/itches
  • your flesh hurts/burns/stings/tingles
  • your head hurts/aches/throbs
  • your stomach hurts/aches
  • to really hurt/ache/burn/sting/tingle/itch/throb
  • to hurt/ache/sting/itch badly/a lot
  • It hurts/stings/tingles/itches.
[intransitive] ~ with sth to feel an emotion strongly 强烈地感到She was still tingling with excitement. 她仍然兴奋不已。🔊🔊
tin·gleBrE /ˈtɪŋɡl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɪŋɡl/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] (also ting·ling [singular, uncountable] ) a slight stinging or uncomfortable feeling in a part of your body 刺痛感an exciting or uncomfortable feeling of emotion 激动感;兴奋感;震颤to feel a tingle of excitement感到一阵激动