touch是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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). 那块油漆没干——别碰（它）。

  • He touched the girl on the arm to get her attention. 他碰了碰女孩的胳膊以引起她的注意。

  • The boy 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。

• 1 (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. 他头一沾枕头就睡着了。

  • She pushed the two bookcases together until they touched/were touching. 她把两个书柜推到一起。

• 2 to harm someone, or use or damage something -- 伤害（某人）；使用（某物）；破坏（某物）

  • Please don't touch any of my stuff while I'm away. 我不在时候请不要碰我的东西。

• 3 (usually used in negative sentences) to eat or drink something -- 沾，吃，喝

  • They didn't touch any of the food we left for them. 我们留下来给他们的食物，他们一点也没碰。

  • Honestly, I haven't touched a drop (= drunk any alcohol) all night. 老实说，我整晚滴酒未沾。

• 4 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，他们的生活中发生了悲剧。

  • 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。

• 5 (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，没人比他��得好。

• 6 a small amount -- 少许

  • "Would you like milk?" "Just a touch." “你要牛奶吗？”“只要一点儿。”

  • There was a touch of irony/humour in her voice. 她的话音中带着点儿讽刺／幽默的意味。

  • I had a touch of flu/hay fever. 我得了轻度流感／枯草热。

  • The speech had several comic touches. 这一演讲有几分滑稽色彩。

  • Using a sailing ship as the company logo 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。

  • The weather has turned a touch too cold for my liking. 天气变得有点儿凉，我不太喜欢。

• 7 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对了硬币。

  • The material was soft to the touch. 这块布料摸起来很柔软。

• 8 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. 我感到有什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。

• 9 to communicate or continue to communicate with someone by using a phone or writing to them -- 有／取得／保持（等等）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？

  • Jen and I never kept in touch after college. 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的联系。

  • We lost touch over the years. 我们这些年失去了联系。

• 10 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／踏实劲儿。

  • 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。

• 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 -- （足球等体育中）触球能力；触球

  • Nicolas Anelka squandered the chance to score when his touch let him down in front of goal. 尼古拉·安内尔卡在球门前触球不当，浪费了一次进球机会。

  • Hazard took several touches before crossing. 哈扎德触了好几次球之后把球传中。

• 12 the area outside either of the long edges of the space on which football and rugby 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，他把球踢出了界外。

• 13 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什么感兴趣。

  • I didn't see any news all the time I was on holiday, so I'm completely out of touch. 我在度假期间一直都没有看新闻，所以现在对外界一无所知。