| 单词 | sense |
| 释义 | noun | verb sensesense1 /sɛns/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1FEELING [countable] a feeling about something SYN feeling: sense of I felt a great sense of relief. The neighborhood has a real sense of community.get/have the sense that I got the sense that things weren’t exactly right.2JUDGMENT [uncountable] good understanding and judgment, especially about practical things: At 15, she seemed to have no sense at all.have the sense to do something I hope he had the sense to take an umbrella. → see also common sense3make sense a)to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand: Read this and tell me if it makes sense. b)to have a good reason or explanation: His behavior just didn’t seem to make sense. c)to be a sensible thing to do: it makes sense (for somebody) to do something It doesn’t make sense to drive if you can walk.4SEE/SMELL/TOUCH ETC. [countable] science, biology one of the five natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell, that give us information about the things around us: We perceive the world around us through our senses. Good art should appeal to the senses.sense of smell/taste/touch etc. Dogs have an incredibly keen sense of smell. → see also sixth sense5ABILITY [singular] a natural ability that makes it easy for you to understand, know, or judge something: a sense of rhythm/timing/form etc. Steiner’s drawings show a strong sense of color. Kay doesn’t have much fashion sense. I respect Don’s business sense.a sense of justice/fairness Kids have a natural sense of justice.6THE MEANING OF something [countable] the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, etc.: The word “record” has several different senses. He’s a gentleman in every sense of the word (=using all possible meanings of this word). It’s not really a hotel in the conventional sense.► see thesaurus at meaning7come to your senses to realize that what you are doing is not sensible: One day he’ll come to his senses and see what a fool he’s been.8bring somebody to his/her senses to make someone think or behave in a reasonable and sensible way: It’s too bad it took a lawsuit to bring them to their senses.9make (some/any) sense of something to understand something, especially something difficult or complicated: Can you make any sense of this article?10talk/knock some sense into somebody to talk to someone in a firm way to make him or her behave in a more sensible way11there’s no sense in (doing) something spoken used to say that it is not sensible to do something: There’s no sense in spending a fortune on kids’ clothes.12a sense of humor the ability to understand or enjoy things that are funny, or to make people laugh: Jessica managed to keep her sense of humor throughout the ordeal.13a sense of direction a)the ability to know which way you should be going in a place you do not know well b)an idea about what your aims in life are: Rehabilitation programs have created a sense of direction for the inmates.14in a/one sense in one particular way, but without considering all the other facts or possibilities: What he says is right in a sense.15in no sense used to emphasize that something is definitely not true: He is in no sense an unkind person.16in a (very) real sense used to emphasize the fact that something is definitely true: The country had, in a very real sense, been misled.17take leave of your senses to start to behave in an unreasonable or stupid way: You challenged him to a fight? Have you taken leave of your senses?18a sense of occasion a feeling or understanding that an event or occasion is very serious or important19regain your senses old-fashioned to stop feeling faint or slightly sick[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French sens, from Latin sensus, from sentire to feel] → see also see reason/sense at see1 (48) noun | verb sensesense2 ●●○ verb [transitive] 1to feel that something exists or is true, without being told or having proof: Max sensed her distrust of him.sense (that) Fran sensed that something was wrong.sense what/how/who etc. We could sense how unhappy she was.2if a machine senses something, it discovers and records it: The gauge senses the temperature and adjusts the heating accordingly. |
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