tease

vt.

1. 戲弄，逗弄；取笑；欺負
   The dog may bite you if you keep teasing him.

   要是你不停地逗惹那條狗，它也許會咬你。

   He hates to be teased about his balding head.

   他不喜歡人家取笑他的禿頭。

2. 挑逗
   He suspected that Laura was teasing him.

   他懷疑羅拉是在挑逗他。

3. 哄；向……強求
   She has been teasing her mother all morning for a new dress.

   她整個上午纏著她媽媽要一件新的洋裝。

4. 梳理（毛，麻等）；使起毛

vi.

1. 戲弄；取笑
   Don't take it seriously -- he was only teasing.

   別當真，他只是在戲弄你。