cuddle
Word family verbcuddleadjectivecuddlesome
cud·dle1 /ˈkʌdl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1 HOLDto hold someone or something very close to you with your arms around them, especially to show that you love them 〔尤指表示喜爱而〕抱,拥抱,搂抱 → hug Dawn and her boyfriend were cuddling on the sofa. 唐和她的男朋友在沙发上搂搂抱抱。
► see thesaurus at hug 2 cuddle up phrasal verbphr v HOLDto lie or sit very close to someone or something 紧贴着身子躺[坐],依偎 to/together The children cuddled up to each other for warmth. 孩子们互相依偎在一起取暖。
cuddle to/together• Not for cuddling up to in the night. cuddle2 noun [singular] 1 HOLDan act of cuddling someone 拥抱,搂抱 → hug Come over here and let me give you a cuddle. 过来,让我拥抱你一下。
give ... cuddle• She should have given Lily a cuddle.• Even though Marci gets to give him a cuddle from time to time and wash his favourite bright red undies.• She comes up to the house and starts bellowing, and just will not stop until you give her a cuddle! Origin cuddle1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from cull, coll “to hug” ((14-18 centuries)), from Old French coler, from col “neck”