itch

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

itches

1.
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
2.
A constant teasing desire or want.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

itches

V_ing/Gerund

itching

V_ed/pp

itched

1.
(intransitive, stative)To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
2.
(intransitive)To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
3.
(transitive)To cause to feel an itch.
4.
(colloquial, transitive)To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

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Đồng nghĩa

yuckyuikyeukyuck, yuik, yeuk all in Scotland

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (itch), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (itch), of unknown origin. Cognate with yeuk, jeuk, jucken.