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titillation

/tit-l-ey-shuhn/US // ˌtɪt lˈeɪ ʃən //

刺激性,挑逗性,刺激,挑逗

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of pleasantly exciting or arousing the senses, emotions, or imagination, often in a sexually suggestive way: We strongly condemn journalists who rely on sensationalism and titillation to sell newspapers.Elevating the soul through masterful titillation of the senses is what real cooking is all about.

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Examples

  • When he shaved his signature mustache in 2001 — “on a whim,” he said — his viewership erupted in titillation.

  • But the genius of George Carlin comes when you get past the titillation and shock value.

  • But still gay sex scenes, always one-offs, provoked titillation and comment.

  • You can experience the titillation of finishing something more than once every three to four years.

  • But if viewers can enjoy the music and fashion without the extra titillation, it would be a start.

  • In Live Nude Girl, the theme shows up as the place where the titillation of nudity meets high art.

  • Persistent titillation of competition may be pleasant for a time, but its final results may be injurious.

  • Throughout the ride there was a ludicrous titillation of insecurity; but it was greatest at the start and at the finish.

  • He felt, as it were, the titillation of forming fat which spread slowly all over his body.

  • Such frequent titillation of delicate nervous mechanisms plays sad havoc with general nervous control.

  • Scaliger proposed to class titillation as a sixth, or separate, sense.