play cat and mouse 的定义
- Amuse oneself or trifle with, toy with, as in She loved to play cat and mouse with an admirer, acting by turns friendly, indifferent, and jealous. The analogy of a cat toying with a helpless mouse was drawn centuries earlier, but the precise term dates only from the early 1900s.
play cat and mouse 近义词
等同于 torment
play cat and mouse 的近义词 43 个
- afflict
- annoy
- bedevil
- bother
- harass
- hound
- hurt
- irritate
- mistreat
- molest
- nag
- pester
- plague
- smite
- tease
- torture
- vex
- abuse
- agonize
- bait
- bone
- break
- crucify
- devil
- distress
- excruciate
- harrow
- harry
- heckle
- pain
- persecute
- provoke
- punish
- rack
- trouble
- try
- worry
- wring
- drive bananas
- drive up the wall
- give a hard time
- put through wringer
- rub salt in wound
play cat and mouse 的反义词 17 个
更多play cat and mouse例句
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- As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
- Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
- Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
- He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
- I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
- But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
- To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
- Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.
- A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.