0 to put your hand or another part of your body lightly onto and off something or someone:
1 (of two or more things) to be so close together that there is no space between; to be in contact:
2 to harm someone, or use or damage something:
Please don't touch any of my stuff while I'm away.
3 (usually used in negative sentences) to eat or drink something:
4 to influence someone or something emotionally, or cause feelings of sympathy in someone:
5 (usually used in negative sentences) to have or reach the same standard (= level of quality) as someone or something:
Her novels can't touch (= are not as good as) those of her sister.
There's no one to touch him as an illustrator of children's books.
7 the ability to know what something is like by feeling it with the fingers:
8 a quick, light movement of one thing, especially a hand, onto and off another thing:
9 to communicate or continue to communicate with someone by using a phone or writing to them:
10 an ability to do things in the stated, especially positive, way:
11 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:
12 the area outside either of the long edges of the space on which football and rugby are played:
13 If you are in touch/out of touch with a subject, activity, or situation, your knowledge about it is recent/not recent:
He's not really in touch with what young people are interested in.
I didn't see any news all the time I was on holiday, so I'm completely out of touch.
14 to put the fingers or hand lightly on or against something:
16 to cause someone to feel sympathetic or grateful:
19 the state of being close together or in contact with someone or something
20 the ability to know what something is like by putting your hand or fingers on it:
21 to put your fingers or hand lightly on the surface of something:
Don't touch the machine when it's in use.
22 used to say that someone or something is the best of a particular kind:
23 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.
25 communicating or continuing to communicate with someone by phone, email, etc.:
Don't touch the machine when it's in use.
A new baby will automatically curl its fingers round any object it touches.
There was so much publicity and hype beforehand, that the performance itself was a touch anticlimactic.
中文繁体
觸摸, 碰,觸摸, 靠在一起…
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触摸, 碰,触摸, 靠在一起…
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tocar, tocarse, emocionar…
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tocar, mexer em, tocar-se…
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~に触る, 触れる, 接する…
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dokunmak, el sürmek, değmek…
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toucher, (se) toucher, être en contact…
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tocar, tocar-se, emocionar…
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