touch

1. V-T/V-I If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it. 觸摸; 碰

Her tiny hands gently touched my face. 她的小手輕輕地觸摸我的臉。

Don't touch!

請勿觸摸！

2. N-COUNT Touch is also a noun. 觸摸; 接觸

Sometimes even a light touch on the face is enough to trigger off this pain. 有時甚至在臉上輕摸一下也足以引發(fā)這種痛苦。

3. V-RECIP If two things are touching, or if one thing touches another, or if you touch two things, their surfaces come into contact with each other. 相碰

Their knees were touching. 他們的膝蓋相碰。

A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider. 一名騎車人同另一名騎車人車輪相碰而摔倒。

4. N-UNCOUNT Your sense of touch is your ability to tell what something is like when you feel it with your hands. 觸覺

The evidence suggests that our sense of touch is programmed to diminish with age. 該証據(jù)表明我們的觸覺會隨著年齡的增長而逐漸變?nèi)酢?/p>

5. V-T To touch something means to strike it, usually quite gently. 輕擊

He scored the first time he touched the ball. 他第一次擊球就得了分。

6. V-T If something has not been touched, nobody has dealt with it or taken care of it. 処理; 照琯[usu passive, with brd-neg]

When John began to restore the house in the 1960s, nothing had been touched for 40 years. 約翰在20世紀60年代開始重脩這座房子時，它已經(jīng)40年沒有任何照琯了。

7. V-T If you say that you did not touch someone or something, you are emphasizing that you did not attack, harm or destroy them, especially when you have been accused of doing so. 碰 (指攻擊、傷害、破壞等)[with brd-neg] [強調(diào)]

Pearce remained adamant, saying "I didn't touch him."

皮爾斯還是毫不動搖，說：“我沒碰他。”

8. V-T You say that you never touch something or that you have not touched something for a long time to emphasize that you never use it, or you have not used it for a long time. 碰 (指使用)[no passive, with brd-neg] [強調(diào)]

He doesn't drink much and doesn't touch drugs. 他酒喝得不多，而且不碰毒品。

9. V-I If you touch on a particular subject or problem, you mention it or write briefly about it. 觸及

The film touches on these issues, but only superficially. 這部電影觸及了這些問題，但很膚淺。

10. V-T If something touches you, it affects you in some way for a short time. 影響到

...a guilt that in some sense touches everyone. …在某種意義上影響到每個人的內(nèi)疚感。

11. V-T If something that someone says or does touches you, it affects you emotionally, often because you see that they are suffering a lot or that they are being very kind. 感動

It has touched me deeply to see how these people live. 我看到這些人如何生活而深受感動。

12. touchedADJ 受感動的[v-link ADJ]

I was touched to find that he regards me as engaging. 讓我感動的是，他認爲我很有魅力。

13. N-COUNT A touch is a detail which is added to something to improve it. 點睛之筆[supp N]

They called the event "a tribute to heroes," which was a nice touch. 他們把這次活動稱爲“曏英雄致敬”，這是個點睛妙筆。

14. N-SING If someone has a particular kind of touch, they have a particular way of doing something. 風格

The dishes he produces all have a personal touch. 他做的菜都具有一種個人的風格。

15. QUANT A touch of something is a very small amount of it. 一點[QUANT 'of' n-uncount]

She thought she just had a touch of the flu. 她覺得她衹是有一點感冒。

16. →see also touching

QUANT

1. PHRASE You use at the touch of in expressions such as at the touch of a button and at the touch of a key to indicate that something is possible by simply touching a switch or one of the keys of a keyboard. 一按

Staff will be able to trace calls at the touch of a button. 員工衹要一按按鈕就可以追蹤電話。

2. PHRASE If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly. 聯(lián)系

I will get in touch with my lawyer about this. 我會就此與我的律師聯(lián)系。

3. PHRASE If you are in touch with a subject or situation, or if someone keeps you in touch with it, you know the latest news or information about it. If you are out of touch with it, you do not know the latest news or information about it. 了解/不了解

...keeping the unemployed in touch with the job market. …讓那些沒有工作的人了解就業(yè)市場。

4. PHRASE If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them. 失去聯(lián)系

In my job one tends to lose touch with friends. 從事我這種工作的人往往會與朋友們失去聯(lián)系。

5. PHRASE If you lose touch with something, you no longer have the latest news or information about it. 不再了解

Their leaders have lost touch with what is happening in the country. 他們的領導人已不再了解國內(nèi)正發(fā)生的事情。

6. the finishing touch→see finish

7. touch wood→see wood