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单词 touch
释义 touch
[tʌtʃ] verb
PUT HAND ON 触摸
 ESSENTIAL  intransitive or transitive
■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).那块油漆未干——别碰(它)。
He touched the girl on the arm to get her attention.他碰了碰女孩的胳膊来引起她的注意。
The child touched the worm with (= using, in his hand) a twig.小孩用小树枝碰了碰虫子。
figurative The 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。
[tʌtʃ] verb
BE CLOSE TOGETHER 靠在一起
intransitive or transitive
■(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.他一头倒在枕头上便睡着了。
She pushed the two bookcases together until they touched/were touching.她把两个书柜推到一起。
[tʌtʃ] verb
EAT/DRINK 吃/喝
transitive informal
■If you say you do not touch a food or drink, you mean that you never eat or drink it 沾,吃,喝(食物或饮料)
No thanks, I never touch chocolate/alcohol.不,谢谢,我向来不沾巧克力/酒。
Honestly, I haven't touched a drop (= drunk any alcohol) all night.老实说,我整晚滴酒未沾。
[tʌtʃ] verb
INFLUENCE 影响
transitive
■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。
[tʌtʃ] verb
BE AS GOOD 比得上
transitive
■(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
Her 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 him as an illustrator of children's books.在为儿童读物创作插图方面,没人画得比他好。
[tʌtʃ] verb
touch base
■to talk to someone for a short time to find out how they are or what they think about something 聊聊;谈谈(和某人短时间谈话,了解他们怎么样或他们对于某事的想法)
I just wanted to quickly touch base with you: did you get an email from my secretary about the meeting?我只想和你简单聊一聊:你收到我的秘书发给你的一封关于这个会议的电邮吗?
[tʌtʃ] verb
touch wood UK (US knock on wood) informal
■said in order to avoid bad luck, either when you mention good luck that you have had in the past or when you mention hopes you have for the future 老天保佑
The deal will be agreed on Wednesday, touch wood.这笔交易将在星期三达成,老天保佑。
[tʌtʃ] verb
touch / strike / hit a (raw) nerve
■to upset someone 触及痛处(或要害)
The newspaper article touched a raw nerve - people still resent the closure of the local school.报纸上的文章触到了人们的痛处——他们仍然对关闭当地学校一事愤愤不平。
[tʌtʃ] verb
wouldn't touch sth with a barge pole UK (US also wouldn't touch sth with a ten-foot pole) informal
■used to mean that you certainly do not want to buy something or be involved with something 压根不想买;根本不想与…有瓜葛
[tʌtʃ] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   touch down
■When an aircraft touches down, it lands. (太空船)着陆,降落
⇒ See also touchdown
[tʌtʃ] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] touch sth in specialized
■to draw or paint a detail in a larger painting with quick light marks 增添细节以润色(用轻快的笔法在较大的画中增加细节)
[tʌtʃ] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] touch sth off
■to cause a violent or difficult series of events to suddenly begin 触发;激起
The plans for a new airport have touched off a storm of protest.建造新机场的计划激起了抗议浪潮。
[tʌtʃ] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   touch on/upon sth
■to mention a subject quickly when speaking or writing about another subject (说话或写作时)简略提到,触及
The talk was about educational opportunities for adults, and the speaker also touched upon sources of finance.该讲座谈的是成人的教育机会,讲者也提到了经济来源问题。
[tʌtʃ] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] touch sth up
■to improve something by making small changes or additions (稍加)修饰,润色
She touched up her lipstick and brushed her hair.她补了补唇膏,梳了梳头发。
We thought the photo had probably been touched up, because he looked so much younger in it.我们觉得照片很可能修饰过,因为他在照片中看起来要年轻得多。
[tʌtʃ] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] touch sb up UK (US feel sb up) informal
■to touch someone's body in a sexual way without their permission 猥亵地触摸(某人)
She claimed that he had tried to touch her up.她声称他试图动手动脚非礼她。
[tʌtʃ] noun
SMALL AMOUNT 少许
 ADVANCED  only singular
■a small amount 少许
"Would you like milk?" "Just a touch."“你要牛奶吗?”“只要一点。”
There was a touch of irony/humour in her voice.她的话音中带着点讽刺/幽默的意味。
 ADVANCED  only singular 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've had a touch of flu/hay fever.我染上了轻度流感/枯草热。
 ADVANCED  countable
■a small addition or detail which makes something better 装点,润色
The speech had several comic touches.这演讲有几分滑稽色彩。
Using a sailing ship as the company badge 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。
The flowers on the table provided the finishing touch.桌上的花是最后一道点缀。
a touch
 ADVANCED 
■slightly 有点,微微
The weather has turned a touch too cold for my liking.天气变得有点凉,我不太喜欢。
[tʌtʃ] noun
FEELING 感觉
 ADVANCED  uncountable
■the ability to know what something is like by feeling it with the fingers 触觉
the sense of touch触觉
I found the right coin in the dark by touch.我在黑暗中摸索着找到了这枚硬币。
to the touch (also to your touch)
 ADVANCED 
■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。
[tʌtʃ] noun
MOVEMENT ONTO/OFF 触摸
 ADVANCED  countable usually 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.我觉得有甚么冰凉的东西碰到了我的胳膊。
At a/the touch of a button, the door opened.一碰按钮,门就开了。
[tʌtʃ] noun
COMMUNICATION 沟通
be/get/keep, etc. in touch
 ADVANCED 
■to communicate or continue to communicate with someone by using a telephone or writing to them 有/取得/保持等联系
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?
No, Jane and I never kept in touch after college.不,我和简大学毕业后就没有联系过。
We're in close touch with our office in Spain.我们与西班牙的办事处有密切联系。
lose touch
 ADVANCED 
■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。
[tʌtʃ] noun
ABILITY 能力
[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/踏实干劲。
He 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。
[tʌtʃ] noun
SPORT 体育
uncountable
■the area outside either of the long edges of the space on which football and similar games are played (足球及类似体育运动的)边线以外区域
Playing for safety, he kicked the ball into touch.为了安全起见,他把球踢出界外。
⇒ See also touchline
[tʌtʃ] noun
KNOWLEDGE 了解
be in/out of touch
■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甚么感兴趣。
I didn't look at a newspaper all the time I was on holiday, so I'm completely out of touch.我在渡假期间一直都没有看报纸,所以现在对外界一无所知。
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