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itch

/ich/US // ɪtʃ //UK // (ɪtʃ) //

痒,瘙痒,痒痒,痕痒

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected: My nose itches.
    • : to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches.
    • : Informal. to scratch a part that itches.
    • : to have a desire to do or get something: to itch after fame.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to have an itch: His wool shirt always itches him.
    • : Informal. to scratch: to itch a mosquito bite.
    • : to annoy; vex; irritate: Her remarks itched me.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sensation of itching.
    • : an uneasy or restless desire or longing: an itch for excitement.
    • : Usually the itch . a contagious disease caused by the itch mite, which burrows into the skin.Compare mange, scabies.

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Examples

  • If you’re the type of person who posts aggressive fitness memes about “just getting in there and doing it,” this likely won’t scratch the itch.

  • Our evp of engineering —who has been in the company for many years — just got an itch to redo his webcam setup, and he wanted to get a mirrorless camera.

  • In my experience, while it doesn’t make the bites or itching go away entirely, it does offer instant itch relief that lasts for about six to twelve hours.

  • When I’m out, get bit, and my bites begin to bother me again, I simply re-suction them and the itch disappears once more.

  • You get to scratch the itch, but you don’t have to deal with the things that you felt uncomfortable with either at the beginning or the end of these interactions.

  • “You try to always scratch where the itch is,” Huckabee said about his campaigning and rhetoric in the 2008 primary.

  • That seems to be the modus operandi as The League moves closer to the seven-year itch.

  • An artist creates art to plug a hole in the universe, to scratch some aesthetic itch.

  • Like most societies with a competitive itch, Brazilians love prizes.

  • Inside the itch, extreme weather—both flooding and drought—seem to be intensifying.

  • The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the louse (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.

  • Johnny the Itch pulled nervously at the wide-brimmed fedora jerked down on his bony skull.

  • Johnny the Itch fingered away sweat that rolled down from under his fedora and nodded obediently.

  • It made the skin jerk and pull as if he were trying to get rid of an itch without using his hand.

  • They scoured every main artery and side road and cart track for miles in every direction, he and Johnny the Itch.