kiss

verb

/kɪs/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they kiss	/kɪs/ /kɪs/
he / she / it kisses	/ˈkɪsɪz/ /ˈkɪsɪz/
past simple kissed	/kɪst/ /kɪst/
past participle kissed	/kɪst/ /kɪst/
-ing form kissing	/ˈkɪsɪŋ/ /ˈkɪsɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive, transitive] to touch somebody with your lips as a sign of love or sexual desire or when saying hello or goodbye亲吻；接吻
- They stood in a doorway kissing (= kissing each other).他们站在门口亲吻。
- Do people in Britain kiss when they meet?英国人见面时亲吻吗？
- kiss somebody/something Go and kiss your mother goodnight.去亲亲你母亲祝她晚安。
- He bent forward to kiss her cheek.他俯下身去亲吻她的脸颊。
- She kissed him on both cheeks.她吻了吻他的双颊。
- He lifted the trophy up and kissed it.他举起奖杯吻了一下。
see also air-kiss
- He bent to kiss her again.他又一次俯身吻了她。
- He kissed her long and hard on the mouth.他久久地深吻她的双唇。
- She let him kiss her lightly on the cheek.她让他轻轻吻了一下自己的脸颊。
Topics Family and relationshipsb1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- gently
- lightly
- lovingly
- …
verb + kiss
- bend to
- lean over to
- stoop to
- …
preposition
- on
phrases
- kiss and cuddle
- kiss somebody full on the lips
- kiss somebody full on the mouth
- …
[transitive] kiss something (literary) to gently move or touch something轻拂；轻触
- The sunlight kissed the warm stones.阳光洒落在温暖的石块上。

词源Old English cyssan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kussen and German küssen.

Idioms

kiss and tell

a way of referring to somebody talking publicly, usually for money, about a past sexual relationship with somebody famous（通常为了获利）泄露与名人的私情

kiss somebody’s arse (British English)

(North American English kiss somebody’s ass, kiss ass)

(taboo, slang) to be very nice to somebody in order to persuade them to help you or to give you something谄媚巴结某人；拍某人马屁；奉承某人 A more polite way to express this is lick somebody’s boots.

kiss something better

(informal) to take away the pain of an injury by kissing it以吻消除疼痛；亲一亲就不痛了
- Come here and let me kiss it better.过来让我亲一亲就不疼了。

kiss something goodbye | kiss goodbye to something

(informal) to accept that you will lose something or be unable to do something任其失去；放弃某事物；承认对某事无能为力
- Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion.嗳，你就甭想晋升了。

noun

/kɪs/

Idioms

Idioms

the kiss of death

(informal, especially humorous) an event that seems good, but is certain to make something else fail貌似有利却肯定会在别处导致失利的事物；表面有利实则有害的事物
- An award can be the kiss of death for a writer.对于一个作家来说，一个奖项可能是死亡之吻。
- That TV commercial was the kiss of death to his career as a serious actor.他做的那则电视广告实际上毁了他作为严肃演员的事业。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2

the kiss of life

(British English) a method of helping somebody who has stopped breathing to breathe again by placing your mouth on theirs and forcing air into their lungs人工呼吸（口对口）

steal a kiss (from somebody)

KISS

/kɪs/

a US heavy metal band which formed in 1972. Members of the band painted their faces, coloured their hair and performed in a wild way on stage. This included destroying guitars, breathing fire and letting false blood come from their mouths. Their albums have included KISS (1974), Unmasked (1980) and Carnival of Souls (1997). 一支成立于1972年的美国重金属乐队。乐队成员为自己的脸庞上色，染发，并在舞台上狂野地表演。这包括销毁吉他，吐火并让嘴里冒出鲜血。他们的专辑包括KISS（1974），Unmasked（1980）和Carnival of Souls（1997）。see also KISS principle

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