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caressing

/kuh-res-ing/US // kəˈrɛs ɪŋ //

爱抚,抚摸,抚摩,轻抚

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : gently touching, patting, or stroking a person or thing to show affection:She stroked my face—temple, cheek, chin, and then up the other side in a caressing, sweeping gesture.
    • : touching or seeming to touch a person or thing lightly and in a way that calms or soothes:Over and over again, I repeated the figures until they became a caressing swash of sound inside my head and hummed me finally to sleep.

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Examples

  • Christine is very flirtatious, giggling, caressing, and locking eyes with her ambitious underling.

  • The velvet dresses in black, burgundy, and abstract prints moved around the body—caressing it and alluding to every curve.

  • There was a caressing tenderness in her voice as she said it, but whether for himself or for another he could not tell.

  • Bruder Schliemann's long white fingers were caressing the keys to some purpose.

  • She almost whispered the words, but he heard her, and to him there was something caressing in her tone.

  • Gradually, however, the girl became calmer, her manner to Georgie got softer and more caressing.

  • Arnold nodded thoughtfully; his fingers moved unconscious and caressing across the edge of the desk.