tweak

Word family

tweak /twiːk/ verb [transitiveT]

1 PULLto suddenly pull or twist something 捏，拧，扭

She leant forward and tweaked both ends of his moustache.

她俯身向前，扯住他的两撇胡子。

2 IMPROVEto make small changes to a machine, vehicle, or system in order to improve the way it works 对〔机器、汽车或系统〕作小小的改进

Maybe you should tweak a few sentences before you send in the report.

报告交上去之前，有几个句子你也许应该修改一下。

—tweak noun [countableC usually singular]

Examples from the Corpus

tweak• To make sure, it goes round corners rather than through the hedge, its chassis has been tweaked by Lotus.• Then you have to tweak, evaluate, and see what works.• Matthew tweaked her nose and laughed.• He lay in bed and relished the pleasure of happiness, tweaking his fingers and toes with joy.• Henry leaned forward and tweaked my ear playfully.• She tweaked Thérèse's earlobe: slow down!• Perhaps you should tweak that line or paragraph that throws the structure off.• He had tutted and twitched and tweaked, then proceeded to do more for her than she had thought possible.

Origin tweak

Old English twiccian “to pull out”

tweak verb

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