kiss

1. V-RECIP If you kiss someone, you touch them with your lips to show affection or sexual desire, or to greet them or say goodbye. 吻

She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. 她靠過來吻了他的臉頰。

Her parents kissed her goodbye as she set off from their home. 儅她動身離開家時，她的父母跟她吻別。

2. N-COUNT Kiss is also a noun. 吻

I put my arms around her and gave her a kiss. 我抱住她然後給了她一個吻。

3. V-T If you say that something kisses another thing, you mean that it touches that thing very gently. 輕觸

The wheels of the aircraft kissed the runway. 飛機的輪子擦過跑道。

4. PHRASE If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand toward the person, in order to show them your affection. 給…飛吻

Maria blew him a kiss. 瑪麗亞給了他一個飛吻。

5. PHRASE If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to. 不捨地告別[非正式]

I felt sure I'd have to kiss my dancing career goodbye. 我確實感到我將不得不告別自己的舞蹈生涯。