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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

touch

英  [tʌtʃ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • touches

    1. [C 可数名词] 触摸 , 接触

    A touch is the act of putting your hand onto something in order to feel it or make contact with it.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    有时甚至轻轻地摸一下脸也足以引发这种痛苦。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 触觉

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

    双语例句

    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减损。

    3. [C 可数名词] 点睛之笔

    A touch is a detail which is added to something to improve it.

    双语例句

    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。

    4. [SING 单数型名词] 风格

    If someone has a particular kind of touch, they have a particular way of doing something.

    双语例句

    例：

    The dishes he produces all have a personal touch.

    他做的菜都带有其个人风格。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • touch down

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 着陆

    When an aircraft touches down, it lands.

    近义词

    land

    双语例句

    例：

    The space shuttle touched down yesterday.

    这架航天飞机昨日着陆。

  • touch off

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 引发

    If something touches off a situation or series of events, it causes it to start happening.

    近义词

    spark off

    双语例句

    例：

    The lightning could touch off wildfires in Eastern Washington.

    闪电可能引发华盛顿东部的野火。

  • touch up

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 修饰

    If you touch something up, you improve its appearance by covering up small marks with paint or another substance.

    双语例句

    例：

    editing tools to help people touch up photos.

    帮助人们修饰照片的编辑工具。

    例：

    The painting has yellowed but the gallery has resisted pressure to touch it up.

    那幅画已经发黄了，但该画廊顶住了压力不对其进行修饰。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • at the touch of

    1. 一按

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Staff will be able to trace calls at the touch of a button.

    员工只要一按按钮就可以追踪电话。

  • in touch

    1. 联系

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    I will get in touch with my lawyer about this.

    我会就此与我的律师联系。

  • in touch , out of touch

    1. 了解/不了解

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    keeping the unemployed in touch with the job market.

    让那些没有工作的人了解就业市场。

  • lose touch

    1. 失去联系

    If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.

    双语例句

    例：

    In my job one tends to lose touch with friends.

    从事我这种工作的人往往会与朋友们失去联系。

    2. 不再了解

    If you lose touch with something, you no longer have the latest news or information about it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Their leaders have lost touch with what is happening in the country.

    他们的领导人已不再了解国内正发生的事情。

    QUANT. 数量词
  • 1. 一点

    A touch of something is a very small amount of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    She thought she just had a touch of the flu.

    她觉得她只是有一点感冒。

    VERB. 动词

  • touches , touching , touched

    1. [I 不及物动词] 触摸 , 碰

    If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it.

    双语例句

    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. [RECIP 相互动词] 相碰

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Their knees were touching.

    他们的膝盖相碰。

    例：

    A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider.

    一个骑车人同另一个骑车人车轮相碰而摔倒。

    3. [T 及物动词] 轻击

    To touch something means to strike it, usually quite gently.

    双语例句

    例：

    He scored the first time he touched the ball.

    他第一次击球就得了分。

    4. [T 及物动词] 处理 , 照管

    If something has not been touched, nobody has dealt with it or taken care of it.

    双语例句

    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年无人照管了。

    5. [T 及物动词] 碰（尤指攻击、伤害、破坏等）

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    皮尔斯还是毫不动摇，说：“我没碰他。”

    6. [T 及物动词] 碰（指使用）

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    He doesn't drink much and doesn't touch drugs.

    他酒喝得不多，而且不碰毒品。

    7. [I 不及物动词] 触及

    If you touch on a particular subject or problem, you mention it or write briefly about it.

    双语例句

    例：

    The film touches on these issues, but only superficially.

    这部电影触及了这些问题，但却流于表面。

    8. [T 及物动词] （短时间）影响到

    If something touches you, it affects you in some way for a short time.

    双语例句

    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。

    9. [T 及物动词] 感动

    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.

    近义词

    move

    双语例句

    例：

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

    看到这些人如何生活我深受感动。

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