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单词 a touch
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a touch

phrase
You can use a touch to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme. For example, if you say that something is a touch expensive, you might really think that it is very expensive.
[mainly British, vagueness]
We were all a touch uneasy, I think.
I found it a touch distasteful.
See full dictionary entry for touch

Examples of 'a touch' in a sentence
a touch

It's so fashionable to have a touch of something different at your fingertips and a bit of glitter is always great for winter.
The Sun (2012)
We say A touch of the outdoors without leaving the fireside.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's a touch more expensive but it comes with 4G.
The Sun (2014)
But there's also a touch of something like humility in there, too.
The Sun (2013)
I think he's likeable but there's something a touch soulless about his thinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I used to play romantic leading men,' he says a touch wistfully.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I became a carpenter of wardrobes,' she says with a touch of mischief.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He suggests something a touch unconvincing about the relaxed, welcoming, friendly atmosphere and how the spectators are encouraged to feel part of the experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

All related terms of 'a touch'

touch a nerve
to upset someone, by mentioning a subject that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about
touch a raw nerve
If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched a raw nerve , you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.
someone is a soft touch
said to mean that it is easy to make someone do what you want , or to make them agree with you
to strike a chord touch a chord
If something strikes a chord with you, it makes you feel sympathy or enthusiasm .
a soft touch an easy touch
If you say that someone is a soft touch or an easy touch , you mean that they can easily be persuaded to lend you money or to do things for you.
not touch with a bargepole
to refuse to have anything to do with
do something at the touch of a button
to do something very easily and quickly, usually because of new technology
someone wouldn't touch something or someone with a barge pole
said to mean that someone does not want to have anything to do with someone or something, because they do not trust them or like them
would not touch someone or something with a barge pole would not touch sb/sth with a bargepole
If you say that you wouldn't touch something with a barge pole , you mean that you would not want to have anything to do with it, either because you do not trust it, or because you do not like it.
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