tweak是什麽意思

tweak

英 [twiːk] 美 [twik]

n. 扭；擰；焦急
vt. 扭；用力拉；開足馬力

擴展詞匯

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1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.
2. 扭東西時其實就是兩端朝兩個相反的方向轉動，所以意思就是由此引申而來的。

中文詞源

tweak 扭，擰，扯，微調

來自古英語 twiccian,拔，拉，來自 Proto-Germanic*twikkijana,釘，掐，係牢，係緊，詞源同 twitch.引申諸相關詞義。

英文詞源

tweak: tweak: see twig
tweak (v.): "pinch, pluck, twist," usually to the nose, c. 1600, probably from Middle English twikken "to draw, tug, pluck" (mid-15c.), from Old English twiccian "to pluck," of obscure origin; perhaps related to twitch. Meaning "to make fine adjustments" is attested from 1966. Related: Tweaked; tweaking.
tweak (n.): c. 1600, "a twitch, a pluck," from tweak (v.). As "a fine adjustment" by 1989.

雙語例句

1. He gave the boy's ear a painful tweak.: 他用力擰了一下那男孩的耳朵.

2. He expects the system to get even better as the engineers tweak its performance.: 他預計在工程師對其性能稍加改進後，該係統會運行得更加良好。

3. What tweak does child night sweat have to you can be solved?: 孩子盜汗有什麽好辦法可解決?

4. Genetic tweak makes virus favour human nose and throat.: 基因變異使病毒更適應人類的鼻和喉.

5. The rest could be made up with a tweak to compensation ratios.: 其餘部分可以通過調整薪酬支出來彌補.

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