touch /tʌtʃ/ CET4 TEM4 ( touching, touched, touches )

• 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. 触摸; 碰

  例：

  Her tiny hands gently touched my face.

  她的小手轻轻地触摸我的脸。

  例：

  Don't touch!

  请勿触摸！

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Touch is also a noun. 触摸; 接触

  例：

  Sometimes even a light touch on the face is enough to trigger off this pain.

  有时甚至在脸上轻摸一下也足以引发这种痛苦。

• 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

  例：

  Their knees were touching.

  他们的膝盖相碰。

  例：

  A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider.

  一名骑车人同另一名骑车人车轮相碰而摔倒。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  The evidence suggests that our sense of touch is programmed to diminish with age.

  该证据表明我们的触觉会随着年龄的增长而逐渐变弱。

• 5. 

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

  例：

  He scored the first time he touched the ball.

  他第一次击球就得了分。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  When John began to restore the house in the 1960s, nothing had been touched for 40 years.

  约翰在20世纪60年代开始重修这座房子时，它已经40年没有任何照管了。

• 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 (指攻击、伤害、破坏等) [with brd-neg] [强调]

  例：

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

  皮尔斯还是毫不动摇，说：“我没碰他。”

• 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] [强调]

  例：

  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. 触及

  例：

  The film touches on these issues, but only superficially.

  这部电影触及了这些问题，但很肤浅。

• 10. 

  V-T If something touches you, it affects you in some way for a short time. 影响到

  例：

  ...a guilt that in some sense touches everyone.

  …在某种意义上影响到每个人的内疚感。

• 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. 感动

  例：

  It has touched me deeply to see how these people live.

  我看到这些人如何生活而深受感动。

• 12. 

  touched ADJ 受感动的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  I was touched to find that he regards me as engaging.

  让我感动的是，他认为我很有魅力。

• 13. 

  N-COUNT A touch is a detail which is added to something to improve it. 点睛之笔 [supp N]

  例：

  They called the event "a tribute to heroes," which was a nice touch.

  他们把这次活动称为“向英雄致敬”，这是个点睛妙笔。

• 14. 

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

  例：

  The dishes he produces all have a personal touch.

  他做的菜都具有一种个人的风格。

• 15. 

  QUANT A touch of something is a very small amount of it. 一点 [QUANT 'of' n-uncount]

  例：

  She thought she just had a touch of the flu.

  她觉得她只是有一点感冒。

• 16. 

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