| 词汇 | touch |
| 释义 | touch verb uk /tʌtʃ/ us /tʌtʃ/ touchverb (PUT HAND ON)B1[ I or T ] to put your hand or another part of your body lightly onto and off something or someone: 碰，触摸 That paint is wet - don't touch (it).那块油漆没干——别碰（它）。 touch someone on somethingHe touched the girl on the arm to get her attention.他碰了碰女孩的胳膊以引起她的注意。 touch something with somethingThe boy touched the worm with (= using, in his hand) a twig.小孩用小树枝碰了碰虫子。 figurativeThe setting sun touched the trees with red (= made them appear red for a short time).落日的余晖染红了树林。 Don't touch the machine when it's in use.机器运转时不要触碰。 The water's not deep here - look, I can touch the bottom.这里水不深——瞧，我可以碰到底部。 I could feel myself tense up as he touched my neck.他摸我脖子时，我能感觉到自己的身体绷紧了。 A new baby will automatically curl its fingers round any object it touches.新生儿碰到任何东西，都会自动弯起手指握住它。 "You're burning up!" she said, touching his forehead.“你烧得很厉害！”她摸着他的额头说道。 Touching & feeling arm brush against someone/something dab at something felt fiddle fiddle (around) with something get to second baseidiom graze handle kiss nudge paw pet physical contact play with something retexture second base tactile tactilely toy touchverb (BE CLOSE TOGETHER)B2[ I or T ] (of two or more things) to be so close together that there is no space between; to be in contact: （两个或两个以上的物品）接触 He fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.他头一沾枕头就睡着了。 She pushed the two bookcases together until they touched/were touching.她把两个书柜推到一起。 Connecting and combining abut additive adjoin affix something to something agglomerate connectedly connecting converge convergence cor intertwine interweave isthmic jointed junction umbilical unification unified unify unintegrated touchverb (HARM/DAMAGE)C2 to harm someone, or use or damage something: 伤害（某人）；使用（某物）；破坏（某物） Please don't touch any of my stuff while I'm away.我不在时候请不要碰我的东西。 Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck touchverb (EAT/DRINK)[ T ]informal (usually used in negative sentences) to eat or drink something: 沾，吃，喝 They didn't touch any of the food we left for them.我们留下来给他们的食物，他们一点也没碰。 touch a dropHonestly, I haven't touched a drop (= drunk any alcohol) all night.老实说，我整晚滴酒未沾。 Abstaining and refraining abstain abstain from something abstainer abstemious abstemiously cut desist disengagement fast finger forbear forbearance give up play hard to getidiom pull pull back step step back stop truck touchverb (INFLUENCE)[ T ] to influence someone or something emotionally, or cause feelings of sympathy in someone: 触动，感动 Tragedy touched their lives when their son was 16.他们儿子16岁那年，他们的生活中发生了悲剧。 The TV report about the children's work for charity touched thousands of people's hearts.电视上报道的孩子们为慈善团体所做的事令成千上万的人深受触动。 to have power to cause a change in someone or something affectLow-income women were disproportionately affected by the legislation. influenceThe jury could have been influenced by all the media coverage surrounding the case. be/fall under someone's influence/spellThe young queen seemed to fall under the spell of her counsellor, believing everything he told her. be under someone's spellWe warned her about him, but all he had to do was turn on the charm and she was under his spell. guideHe is guided by the core beliefs of his religion. impactSevere storms will impact on travel across the region tonight. Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum gnaw haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom nerve self-lacerating self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom toxic wipe touchverb (BE AS GOOD)[ T ] (usually used in negative sentences) to have or reach the same standard (= level of quality) as someone or something: （通常用于否定句）比得上 can't touchHer novels can't touch (= are not as good as) those of her sister.她的小说不及她姐姐的好。 there's no one to touch someone as somethingThere's no one to touch him as an illustrator of children's books.在为儿童读物创作插图方面，没人比他画得好。 Worse and worst aggravating aggravation at your worstidiom be in a different leagueidiom can't hold a candle toidiom hold inferior league not be a patch on somethingidiom not be in the same leagueidiom not half asidiom not in the same leagueidiom not the sameidiom patch stick stick someone with something subpar to top it allidiom topper villain Idiomstouch base touch wood touch/strike/hit a (raw) nerve sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge pole Phrasal verbstouch down touch (something) down touch something in touch something off touch on/upon something touch something up touch someone up touch noun uk /tʌtʃ/ us /tʌtʃ/ touchnoun (SMALL AMOUNT)C2[ S ] a small amount: 一点点，一丝 a touch"Would you like milk?" "Just a touch."“你要牛奶吗？”“只要一点儿。” touch ofThere was a touch of irony/humour in her voice.她的话音中带着点儿讽刺／幽默的意味。 [ S ]informal To show that an illness is not too serious, you can say you have had a touch of it: （病的）轻度 I had a touch of flu/hay fever.我得了轻度流感／枯草热。 C2[ C ] a small addition or detail that makes something better: 装点，润色 The speech had several comic touches.这一演讲有几分滑稽色彩。 touch of geniusUsing a sailing ship as the company logo was a touch of genius (= a good/clever idea or action).用大帆船作公司的标志真是个天才的想法。 finishing touchThe flowers on the table provided the finishing touch.桌上的花是最后一道点缀。 a touch slightly: 有点儿，微微 The weather has turned a touch too cold for my liking.天气变得有点儿凉，我不太喜欢。 For me, the first course was just a touch bland. It's a touch ironic. It seems a touch premature to start celebrating now. The meat was a touch overcooked. Isn't that a touch hypocritical? She talks, perhaps a touch optimistically, about retiring by the age of 35. There was so much publicity and hype beforehand, that the performance itself was a touch anticlimactic.事先有如此多的宣传和炒作，以至于表演本身有点虎头蛇尾的感觉。 There was a touch of frost on the hills. Add just a touch of cream to the mixture. His work has a touch of pathos. The gold decoration will add a touch of class. Words meaning small pieces and amounts by a noseidiom clipping crumb dab of something dash dollop grain hint ort paring peewee pinch potsherd skinny spark tad thimbleful tidbit tiddler titbit You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Disease & illness - general words Also, extra, and in addition Some and quite touchnoun (FEELING)B2[ U ] the ability to know what something is like by feeling it with the fingers: 触觉 the sense of touch触觉 by touchI found the right coin in the dark by touch.我在黑暗中摸索着找对了硬币。 to the touchB2(alsoto your touch) used after an adjective to express how something feels when you put your hand on it: （用于形容词后）摸起来（感到…） The material was soft to the touch.这块布料摸起来很柔软。 Although snakes look slimy their skin is actually dry to the touch.尽管蛇看起来黏糊糊的，但实际上它的皮摸上去却是干的。 I felt a gentle touch on my arm. I can control the doors at the touch of a switch. Her skin was icy to the touch.她的皮肤摸起来冰凉。 The senses in general eyesight feeling hearing hyperacute hyperaesthetic intersensory neurosensory night vision receptive sensate sensately sensation sensorial sensorially sensory area sensually sight synaesthesia synesthesia taste touchnoun (MOVEMENT ONTO/OFF)B2[ Cusually singular ] a quick, light movement of one thing, especially a hand, onto and off another thing: （尤指用手）触摸，碰 I felt a cold touch on my arm.我感到有什么冰凉的东西碰到了我的胳膊。 touch ofAt a/the touch of a button, the door opened.一碰按钮，门就开了。 Touching & feeling arm brush against someone/something dab at something felt fiddle fiddle (around) with something get to second baseidiom graze handle kiss nudge paw pet physical contact play with something retexture second base tactile tactilely toy touchnoun (COMMUNICATION)be, get, keep, etc. in touch B1 to communicate or continue to communicate with someone by using a phone or writing to them: 有／取得／保持（等等）联系 Are you still in touch with any of your old school friends?你还和以前学生时代的老朋友有联系吗？ lose touch B2 to stop communicating with someone, usually because they do not live near you now: （通常因身居异地）失去联系 We lost touch over the years.我们这些年失去了联系。 touchnoun (ABILITY)[ S or U ] an ability to do things in the stated, especially positive, way: 特长;才能 He has a deft touch with tricky painting jobs.他很善于做复杂的油漆活。 She gave the job her own special/magic/professional/personal touch.这项工作展现了她独特／神奇／专业／个人的才能。 I admire her lightness/sureness of touch as a cook.我欣赏她做厨师的精细／踏实劲儿。 lose your touchHe used to be a good writer but I think he's losing his touch.他曾经是个好作家，但我觉得他的创作能力正在下降。 Skill, talent and ability ability accomplishment accuracy acumen adroitness endowment functional skills functioning genius gift greatness proficiency prowess pyrotechnic pyrotechnics qualification repertory speciality wizardry workmanship touchnoun (BALL CONTROL)[ C or U ] in sports such as football, a player's ability to control the ball and make it do what they want, or an occasion when a player controls the ball with their foot: （足球等体育中）触球能力;触球 Salah squandered the chance to score when his touch let him down in front of goal. Hazard took several touches before crossing.哈扎德触了好几次球之后把球传中。 Football/soccer 18-yard box 2 3 5 4 3 2 1 4 4 2 4 5 1 foosball football boot football player football pools football pyramid premiership professional foul promedios rabona reducer sweeper the Football League the Premier League treble woodwork touchnoun (SPORT)[ U ] the area outside either of the long edges of the space on which football, rugby, and other sports are played: into touchPlaying for safety, he kicked the ball into touch.为了安全起见，他把球踢出了界外。 in touchHe clearly catches the ball with both feet in touch. See also touchline A quick lineout can be taken behind where the ball went into touch. Twice the home side opted to kick penalties into touch. The next time the ball is in touch, it's game over. Surfaces on which sports take place 18-yard box astroturf backstretch bound canvas diamond goal line gridiron ground staff hard court midfield MUGA near post off his/her lineidiom out of boundsidiom ring rink sideline skatepark surface touchnoun (KNOWLEDGE)be in/out of touch C2 If you are in touch/out of touch with a subject, activity, or situation, your knowledge about it is recent/not recent: 了解／不了解最新情况 He's not really in touch with what young people are interested in.他并不真正了解年轻人现在对什么感兴趣。 touch | American Dictionarytouch verb us/tʌtʃ/ touchverb (USE FINGERS)[ I/T ] to put the fingers or hand lightly on or against something: [ I ]That paint is wet, so don’t touch. [ I/T ] infml If you cannot touch something, you are not allowed to have or use it: [ T ]She can’t touch the money from her father until she’s 21. [ I/T ] infml If you say you do not touch something, you mean that you do not drink or eat it: [ T ]I never touch candy. touchverb (BE CLOSE)[ I/T ] to be so close together that there is no space between: [ T ]Don’t let the back of the chair touch the wall. [ I ]Push the bookcases together until they touch. [ I/T ] If one thing does not touch something similar, it is not as good as the other thing: [ T ]Her cooking can’t touch her sister’s. touchverb (CAUSE FEELINGS)[ T ] to cause someone to feel sympathetic or grateful: Your kindness has touched my family. Idiomstouch base (with someone) someone wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole Phrasal verbstouch down touch off something touch on something touch up something touch noun us/tʌtʃ/ touchnoun (SKILL)[ U ] a skill or special quality: He seems to be losing his touch at poker. The flowers were a nice touch. touchnoun (SMALL AMOUNT)[ C ] a small amount: There was a touch of regret in her voice. I had a touch of flu yesterday. touchnoun (BEING CLOSE)[ U ] the state of being close together or in contact with someone or something touchnoun (FEELING WITH FINGERS )[ C/U ] the ability to know what something is like by putting your hand or fingers on it: [ U ]This cloth is soft to the touch. [ C/U ] A touch is an act of putting your hand or fingers briefly on something to operate it: [ C ]At a touch of the button, the door opened. Idiomsin touch (with someone) in touch (with something) touch | Business Englishtouch verb[ I or T ] uk /tʌtʃ/us to put your fingers or hand lightly on the surface of something: Don't touch the machine when it's in use. nobody/nothing can touch sb/sth used to say that someone or something is the best of a particular kind: As a hard worker, no one can touch him. This computer is so powerful, no other laptop can touch it. touch base to talk with someone for a short time: He wants to touch base on some of the significant items that we've been dealing with. Phrasal verbstouch on/upon sth touch sth up touch noun uk /tʌtʃ/us [ C ] a small addition or detail which makes something better: Adding music to your presentation was a nice touch. I am just putting the finishing touches to my monthly report. in touch communicating or continuing to communicate with someone by phone, email, etc.: get/keep/stay in touch (with sb)We need to get in touch with our suppliers right away. Let's keep in touch over the next few days while the installation is in progress. aware of what is happening: in touch with sthIt's very important to stay in touch with the practices of other employers in the city. Examples of touchtouch In eighty-four pages he manages to touch on every crucial point surrounding this quarrel. The book is quite valuable for touching on so many relevant themes. Ultimately, though, corpus-based empiricism must not lose touch with the theoretical linguistic tradition in the study of linguistic change. In any case, there is a touch of arrogance to the view that a visiting scholar sees ' rationality ' where no one else sees it. Their stereognosis (the capacity to perceive volumes) is due only to the sense of touch. We were deeply touched that you cared enough to ask us about what we wanted and why we wanted it. A series of yes/no questions for a telephony application, for instance, may just as well be implemented using touch-tone input. The relationships encoded in the interface must then be explored physically, developing the 'touch' of the virtual instrument. There is no research work on the touch sensor which can be set easily at the tip of the pipette. Leaving aside the possibility that these claims are hyperbolic, the book touches on issues of growing importance for research, policy and practice in children's services. This massive two-volume tome exerted huge influence on nearly all areas touching upon civil rights up to twenty years after its original publication. This physically demanding process took place throughout the performance so that, while in character, none of the performers' feet touched the ground. Plants did not touch each other and were placed in trays filled with water to prevent insects from moving between plants. Similar uses would allow business people a simple way of exchanging business and product information by just shaking hands or touching information documents or files. Responses among neonatologists touched briefly on the issue of viability, but were remarkably less conflicted on the surface. See all examples of touch These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withtouchtouchThese are words often used in combination with touch. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. capacitive touch Capacitive touch screens don't require applying any force to their surfaces, which makes them easier to use in some respects. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. final touch The finaltouch is a topping of parsley. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. finishing touch A few red roses on the white tablecloth give a finishingtouch. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with touch |
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