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单词 sensation
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Definition of sensation in English:

sensation

noun sɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1A physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.

    a burning sensation in the middle of the chest
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were then flooded with white light and felt a tingling sensation go through their bodies.
    • This consists of introspection focused on concerned body parts and/or problematic physical sensations.
    • And even now, a year on, I can still recall those feelings of fear and self-doubt - even down to the physical sensation of my stomach twisting into knots.
    • In the early stages of addiction, users typically report relatively slight physical sensations, euphoria and laughter.
    • My flesh quickly becoming alive with electric sensations, my body cries out as the pain increases.
    • For example, moving slowly and steadily while lifting weights helps you pay attention to body sensations and spot pain before you're injured.
    • Sleep was a short reprieve from the burning sensation that filled her body and the emptiness of her mind.
    • As the finger connected with the middle of my forehead, however, a burning sensation began there, sending a chill up and down my spine.
    • We note, perhaps, sensations passing through our bodies, pressure, warmth and coolness, lightness, tingling.
    • Common characteristics of esophageal pain include sensations of burning, pressing, stabbing, or gripping.
    • That is, how is this understanding of the relation between mind and body supposed to explain our having the particular sensations, or perceptions, of things that we do have?
    • The relative said Mollick said she felt burning sensations about her body, but did not realise that she was shot until she saw her blood.
    • Let your mind be quiet, and observe the sensations of your physical body - blood flow, heartbeat, lungs moving, an itch.
    • We begin to notice that while we thought we were paying attention to our abdomen, we were not actually aware of the literal physical sensations of this part of our body.
    • Does my body remember the physical sensation of holding an item, and transfer this feeling to the virtual environment, though my mind has since forgotten?
    • Just as the physical sensation of pain lets us know that something is wrong with our bodies, so our feelings let us know when something is wrong with out hearts.
    • It connects the physical sensation of pain to feelings of distress.
    • Putting the glass back down on the table, he let his gaze settle on Ali as she leant back in her chair, closing her eyes and shuddering slightly as the burning sensation spread throughout her body.
    • Many unusual sensations may occur: perceptions of light are common along with a feeling of floating or lightness in the limbs.
    • Cold and wet were two of the only physical sensations he could feel… aside from pain.
    1. 1.1mass noun The capacity to have physical sensations.
      they had lost sensation in one or both forearms
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He suddenly lost all sensation in his legs and tried his best to see what had happened to him.
      • In the case of sensation, the capacity for perception in the sense organ is actualized by the operation on it of the perceptible object.
      • Perception without sensation is rare, according to Humphrey.
      • He then gradually lost sensation in his right arm, hand and leg, with marked motor disability of his right hand, and developed dizziness.
      • And these days, the most popular sensation is that of smell - especially when you're around politics.
      • The effect is most obvious in those parts of the brain concerned with movement, sensation, speech and vision, which are situated close together.
      • The knockout mice had greatly reduced touch sensitivity when compared to normal mice, but touch sensation did not disappear entirely.
      • There are lovely passages that evoke the original's themes of memory, loss, sensation, nature, and the ability of art to make all of this clear.
      • That feels or is capable of feeling; having the power or function of sensation or of perception by the senses.
      • There is also almost always a marked improvement in the feeling in the limbs which have often lost sensation.
      • He also co-authored an introductory text on the study of sensation and perceptual processes.
      • I had full sensation - an absolute torment when you can't scratch an itch or move a cramped limb.
      • We have been talking about the intentionality of consciousness, the role of sensation in perception, and so on.
      • Modern urban societies are increasingly mental and decreasingly emotion, perception and sensation oriented.
      • There are particular parts of the cerebral cortex related to sensation and perception, and areas that enter into the planning, beginning, and control of movement.
      • This method for measuring the perception of respiratory sensation may be a viable alternative to the bronchial provocation test.
      • On the stronger understanding, Condillac meant to say that sensation produces all of the other capacities of the soul.
      • By bypassing the normal hearing apparatus it provides an artificial hearing sensation to deaf people.
      • In an information-processing approach there are no clear lines of demarcation between sensation, perception, and cognition.
      • In perception and in sensation, consciousness need not reside in the intentional objects of awareness in order for the state of awareness to be conscious.
    2. 1.2 An inexplicable awareness or impression.
      with clause she had the eerie sensation that she was being watched
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Just the eerie sensation that was present in the creepy scenery.
      • The sensation that they are being pressured to attack rather than persuaded to attack is - and should be - profoundly discomforting.
      • Some individuals also experience extreme hallucinations, such as the sensation that there are bugs crawling beneath the skin.
      • Instead, it presents the listener with the sensation that this work is being created anew.
      • I haven't been able to suspend that feeling I had in Europe of not-knowingness, a sensation that I enjoyed at the time.
      • This would have been appropriate had it not been for the nagging sensation that the emptiness should be credited to the actor and not the character.
      • And an unusual sensation that I've stepped out of a lift onto the wrong floor.
      • What a strange sensation that was for me, my quiet, gentle father being part of the greatest invasion force in history.
      • The dream and aftermath are always the same; a field of sorts, a path and the sensation that he's walking down the path at a great speed.
      • I had the distinct sensation that I was a puppet of an addictive manipulator, that there was a kind of sinister hand which was forcing me in directions that I didn't like.
      • I like the sensation that you are never completely safe.
      • But as even the tiniest elements of our small talk have to be translated, I'm gripped by the giddy sensation that the world has just ground to a halt.
      • All he can do is note the general sensation that he is part of something exceptional and overwhelming, something not he, nor anyone else, is prepared to take in.
      • Sometimes I have the sensation that I've known it already.
      • Shades, like iPods, give you the gratifying sensation that you are starring in your own movie - not to mention a host of other exclusive benefits.
      • And again, I have the odd sensation that you are not disagreeing.
      • As I wandered on and sat in those seats and stared at that coffee machine and those notice boards, I had the strange sensation that none of us had ever left.
      • Rick felt massive electromagnetic fields in several rooms in Duff Green, a sensation that confirms to him the presence of paranormal activity.
      • A toxic cloud at the edge of awareness, a sensation that something is amiss?
      • And few of us have not been tempted by harmless superstition: a sensation that something may have happened for a purpose.
      Synonyms
      feeling, sense, awareness, consciousness, perception, impression, tickle, tingle, prickle
  • 2A widespread reaction of interest and excitement.

    his arrest for poisoning caused a sensation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Darwin caused a sensation when he published the work in 1871.
    • It naturally caused a sensation and there was a temporary surge of interest.
    • Her case caused a sensation earlier in the year and outraged her parents.
    • To say this book caused a sensation is to understate its impact.
    • But the British Museum caused a sensation in the early 1800s when it dared display the Elgin Marbles.
    Synonyms
    commotion, stir, uproar, furore, outrage, scandal, impact
    interest, excitement, agitation
    informal splash, to-do, hullabaloo
    1. 2.1 A person, object, or event that arouses widespread interest and excitement.
      she was a sensation, the talk of the evening
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The contrast of salty cheese, sweet honey and nutty toasted bread is a taste sensation.
      • The Czechs, meanwhile, saw their dreams dashed by this month's sensations, Greece.
      • Each dish is an unprecedented sensation, and the idea of ever again considering eating anything I'd previously thought of as food quickly becomes absurd.
      • From budgets to the instability of nature, Burden of Dreams was destined to be less of a cinematic sensation and more of a pragmatic motion picture.
      • The pictures of the classless luxury liners were a sensation.
      Synonyms
      great success, sell-out, triumph, star attraction, talking point
      informal smash, smash hit, hit, box-office hit, show-stopper, winner, crowd-puller, wow, knockout, biggie

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin sensatio(n-), from Latin sensus (see sense).

  • scent from Late Middle English:

    Before it was perfume, scent was a hunting term for a hound's sense of smell. From there it became an odour picked up by a hound, and then in the 15th century a pleasant smell. The word came into medieval English through Old French from Latin sentire ‘to feel or perceive’, from which sensation (early 17th century), sense (Late Middle English), sensible (Late Middle English), sensitive (Late Middle English), sensory (mid 18th century), sentence (Middle English) originally a way of perceiving, and numerous other words without a -c- derive. People started spelling scent with a -c- in the 17th century, but no one knows exactly why.

 
 

Definition of sensation in US English:

sensation

nounsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nsenˈsāSH(ə)n
  • 1A physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.

    a burning sensation in the middle of the chest
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Does my body remember the physical sensation of holding an item, and transfer this feeling to the virtual environment, though my mind has since forgotten?
    • Cold and wet were two of the only physical sensations he could feel… aside from pain.
    • We note, perhaps, sensations passing through our bodies, pressure, warmth and coolness, lightness, tingling.
    • Putting the glass back down on the table, he let his gaze settle on Ali as she leant back in her chair, closing her eyes and shuddering slightly as the burning sensation spread throughout her body.
    • It connects the physical sensation of pain to feelings of distress.
    • And even now, a year on, I can still recall those feelings of fear and self-doubt - even down to the physical sensation of my stomach twisting into knots.
    • Many unusual sensations may occur: perceptions of light are common along with a feeling of floating or lightness in the limbs.
    • They were then flooded with white light and felt a tingling sensation go through their bodies.
    • My flesh quickly becoming alive with electric sensations, my body cries out as the pain increases.
    • We begin to notice that while we thought we were paying attention to our abdomen, we were not actually aware of the literal physical sensations of this part of our body.
    • The relative said Mollick said she felt burning sensations about her body, but did not realise that she was shot until she saw her blood.
    • In the early stages of addiction, users typically report relatively slight physical sensations, euphoria and laughter.
    • Common characteristics of esophageal pain include sensations of burning, pressing, stabbing, or gripping.
    • This consists of introspection focused on concerned body parts and/or problematic physical sensations.
    • Sleep was a short reprieve from the burning sensation that filled her body and the emptiness of her mind.
    • Let your mind be quiet, and observe the sensations of your physical body - blood flow, heartbeat, lungs moving, an itch.
    • For example, moving slowly and steadily while lifting weights helps you pay attention to body sensations and spot pain before you're injured.
    • As the finger connected with the middle of my forehead, however, a burning sensation began there, sending a chill up and down my spine.
    • Just as the physical sensation of pain lets us know that something is wrong with our bodies, so our feelings let us know when something is wrong with out hearts.
    • That is, how is this understanding of the relation between mind and body supposed to explain our having the particular sensations, or perceptions, of things that we do have?
    1. 1.1 The capacity to have physical sensations.
      they had lost sensation in one or both forearms
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By bypassing the normal hearing apparatus it provides an artificial hearing sensation to deaf people.
      • Perception without sensation is rare, according to Humphrey.
      • That feels or is capable of feeling; having the power or function of sensation or of perception by the senses.
      • There is also almost always a marked improvement in the feeling in the limbs which have often lost sensation.
      • The effect is most obvious in those parts of the brain concerned with movement, sensation, speech and vision, which are situated close together.
      • Modern urban societies are increasingly mental and decreasingly emotion, perception and sensation oriented.
      • He then gradually lost sensation in his right arm, hand and leg, with marked motor disability of his right hand, and developed dizziness.
      • The knockout mice had greatly reduced touch sensitivity when compared to normal mice, but touch sensation did not disappear entirely.
      • In an information-processing approach there are no clear lines of demarcation between sensation, perception, and cognition.
      • In the case of sensation, the capacity for perception in the sense organ is actualized by the operation on it of the perceptible object.
      • There are particular parts of the cerebral cortex related to sensation and perception, and areas that enter into the planning, beginning, and control of movement.
      • I had full sensation - an absolute torment when you can't scratch an itch or move a cramped limb.
      • There are lovely passages that evoke the original's themes of memory, loss, sensation, nature, and the ability of art to make all of this clear.
      • He suddenly lost all sensation in his legs and tried his best to see what had happened to him.
      • And these days, the most popular sensation is that of smell - especially when you're around politics.
      • This method for measuring the perception of respiratory sensation may be a viable alternative to the bronchial provocation test.
      • He also co-authored an introductory text on the study of sensation and perceptual processes.
      • In perception and in sensation, consciousness need not reside in the intentional objects of awareness in order for the state of awareness to be conscious.
      • On the stronger understanding, Condillac meant to say that sensation produces all of the other capacities of the soul.
      • We have been talking about the intentionality of consciousness, the role of sensation in perception, and so on.
    2. 1.2 An inexplicable awareness or impression.
      with clause she had the eerie sensation that she was being watched
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What a strange sensation that was for me, my quiet, gentle father being part of the greatest invasion force in history.
      • Just the eerie sensation that was present in the creepy scenery.
      • Instead, it presents the listener with the sensation that this work is being created anew.
      • As I wandered on and sat in those seats and stared at that coffee machine and those notice boards, I had the strange sensation that none of us had ever left.
      • All he can do is note the general sensation that he is part of something exceptional and overwhelming, something not he, nor anyone else, is prepared to take in.
      • And again, I have the odd sensation that you are not disagreeing.
      • I like the sensation that you are never completely safe.
      • This would have been appropriate had it not been for the nagging sensation that the emptiness should be credited to the actor and not the character.
      • I had the distinct sensation that I was a puppet of an addictive manipulator, that there was a kind of sinister hand which was forcing me in directions that I didn't like.
      • The sensation that they are being pressured to attack rather than persuaded to attack is - and should be - profoundly discomforting.
      • Shades, like iPods, give you the gratifying sensation that you are starring in your own movie - not to mention a host of other exclusive benefits.
      • But as even the tiniest elements of our small talk have to be translated, I'm gripped by the giddy sensation that the world has just ground to a halt.
      • And an unusual sensation that I've stepped out of a lift onto the wrong floor.
      • Sometimes I have the sensation that I've known it already.
      • I haven't been able to suspend that feeling I had in Europe of not-knowingness, a sensation that I enjoyed at the time.
      • A toxic cloud at the edge of awareness, a sensation that something is amiss?
      • Rick felt massive electromagnetic fields in several rooms in Duff Green, a sensation that confirms to him the presence of paranormal activity.
      • The dream and aftermath are always the same; a field of sorts, a path and the sensation that he's walking down the path at a great speed.
      • And few of us have not been tempted by harmless superstition: a sensation that something may have happened for a purpose.
      • Some individuals also experience extreme hallucinations, such as the sensation that there are bugs crawling beneath the skin.
      Synonyms
      feeling, sense, awareness, consciousness, perception, impression, tickle, tingle, prickle
  • 2A widespread reaction of interest and excitement.

    his arrest for poisoning caused a sensation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her case caused a sensation earlier in the year and outraged her parents.
    • It naturally caused a sensation and there was a temporary surge of interest.
    • But the British Museum caused a sensation in the early 1800s when it dared display the Elgin Marbles.
    • To say this book caused a sensation is to understate its impact.
    • Darwin caused a sensation when he published the work in 1871.
    Synonyms
    commotion, stir, uproar, furore, outrage, scandal, impact
    1. 2.1 A person, object, or event that arouses widespread interest and excitement.
      she was a sensation, the talk of the evening
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The pictures of the classless luxury liners were a sensation.
      • The Czechs, meanwhile, saw their dreams dashed by this month's sensations, Greece.
      • From budgets to the instability of nature, Burden of Dreams was destined to be less of a cinematic sensation and more of a pragmatic motion picture.
      • The contrast of salty cheese, sweet honey and nutty toasted bread is a taste sensation.
      • Each dish is an unprecedented sensation, and the idea of ever again considering eating anything I'd previously thought of as food quickly becomes absurd.
      Synonyms
      great success, sell-out, triumph, star attraction, talking point

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin sensatio(n-), from Latin sensus (see sense).

 
 
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