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itching

/ich-ing/US // ˈɪtʃ ɪŋ //

瘙痒,瘙痒症,痒痒,瘙痒感

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin.
    • : of, relating to, or having a longing or desire to do or have something: An itching public anxiously awaits her announcement.
    • : characterized by restlessness or the desire for adventure or activity: an itching impulse to travel.
    • : characterized by the desire to grasp; grasping; an itching palm open for a bribe.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : itch.

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Examples

  • A reaction may cause itching, redness, or an unsightly rash.

  • They are rushing to doctors for help, pleading for a cure to the painful itching.

  • It also has anti-inflammatory qualities and helps reduce itching.

  • This product is clinically shown to help reduce the itching and irritation of eczema.

  • The marks on their legs and arms looked like ant or mosquito bites, which can cause burning and itching, but usually subside within a week.

  • The Into the Woods director, it soon becomes clear, is itching to get something off his chest.

  • It was like witnessing the last two weeks of the life of a blind and toothless dog you knew the vet was just itching to destroy.

  • Itching for the erotic details of Jess and Nick's New Girl dalliance?

  • And of course, as schools open up again across the country, many high schoolers are itching with misgivings of their own.

  • American congressmen itching for a fight declared they would no longer eat French fries, only “freedom fries.”

  • My late distemper of heat and itching being come upon me again, so that I must think of sweating again as I did before.

  • In hay fever, the itching and redness of the eyes, nose, and throat are controlled from a sensitive point in the naso-pharynx.

  • I gravely placed a gold piece in his itching palm, asking, "What did they write on the walls?"

  • Itching and reddening of the skin commenced within twenty-four hours.

  • An itching red spot about the size of a dime was noticed in thirty-six hours, and it steadily increased in size.