irritate
英['ɪrɪteɪt]
美['ɪrɪtet]
- vt. 刺激，使兴奋；激怒
- vi. 引起恼怒，引起不愉快
英英释意
- 1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"
- "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
- 2. excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame;
- "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
- 3. excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus;
- "irritate the glands of a leaf"