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单词 tactile
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tactile

(tæktaɪl, US -təl)
1. adjective
If you describe someone as tactile, you mean that they tend to touch other people a lot when talking to them.
The children are very tactile, with warm, loving natures.
2. adjective
Something such as fabric which is tactile is pleasant or interesting to touch.
Tweed is timeless, tactile and tough.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Tactile experiences or sensations are received or felt by touch.
[formal]
The baby responds to outside tactile and auditory stimuli.
Heat, cold, tactile and other sensations contribute to flavour.

tactile in British English

(ˈtæktaɪl)
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch
a tactile organ
tactile stimuli
2.  rare
capable of being touched; tangible
Derived forms
tactility (tækˈtɪlɪtɪ)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin tactilis, from tangere to touch

tactile in American English

(ˈtæktəl; Chiefly British ˈtækˌtaɪl)
adjective
1. 
that can be perceived by the touch; tangible
2. 
of, having, or related to the sense of touch
Derived forms
tactility (tacˈtility) (ˈtækˈtɪləti)
noun
Word origin
Fr < L tactilis < tangere, to touch: see tact

Examples of 'tactile' in a sentence
tactile

Elderly people are now sometimes given pets in recognition of this need for tactile experience.
de Jong, Eveline Alternative Health Care for Children (1989)
He would intervene when he saw overcrowded taxis, or people being too tactile.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But there is also a serious side to it, where you want to get more of that immersive tactile experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is clad in tactile, warm plastic and is smooth enough to roll through your fingers like a worry stone.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Industry experts said a new generation of music fans has revived old technology in a search for a more lasting, tactile experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All 10 bedrooms feel indulgent: think tactile fabrics and eyecatching art.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She was fond of singing, tactile, warm.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I'm a very tactile person.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I remembered reading that what many older people miss most as they grow older is tactile contact; people stop touching them.
Christianity Today (2000)
 People were more tactile.
The Sun (2013)
It has a tactile quality and when I show my work, people always want to touch it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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