English Dictionary

tweak

IPA（発音記号）

/twiːk/

動詞

他動詞 くだけた表現 アメリカ英語 自動詞 俗語

(transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch. / (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.

日本語の意味

（突然の引っ張りやねじりを伴う状態で）つねってひねる、ひきつる動きをすること / （非公式に）微調整する、細かく調整すること

She couldn't get his attention until she had to tweak his ear.

彼女は彼の注意を引くことができず、結局彼の耳を強くつねってひねらなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

to tweak the nose.

意味（2）

(transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.

If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.

意味（3）

(transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).

Oh, he loved to tweak people and say things like Hiya sweetums to me because that was not exactly de rigueur in front of a bunch of strong feminists. He had this enormous sense of humor. I never knew what he was going to say.

意味（4）

(intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.

意味（5）

(intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.

tweaks （ present singular third-person ）

tweaking （ participle present ）

tweaked （ participle past ）

tweaked （ past ）