单词 | touching |
释义 | touching (once / 221 pages) 1adj 2n WORD FAMILY touching: touchingly, touchings+/retouch: retouched, retouches, retouching/touch: retouch, touchable, touched, toucher, touches, touching/touchable: untouchable/touched: untouched/toucher: touchers/untouchable: untouchables, untouchably USAGE EXAMPLESTelevision news footage shows the plane intact on a runway with its front end touching the tarmac. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Yeah, that was touching… And actually, I do agree. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) At the church, the bride was photographed touching Mr. Thomas’s chest. New York Times(Aug 08, 2016) 1 adj arousing affect 2his gratitude was simple and touching Syn affecting, poignant moving arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion 1n the act of putting two things together with no space between them Syn|Hypo|Hyper touch contact, physical contact the act of touching physically dab, pat, tapa light touch or stroke hit, hitting, strikingthe act of contacting one thing with another dig, jabthe act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow kissa light glancing touch buss, kiss, osculationthe act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) catch, grab, snap, snatchthe act of catching an object with the hands handling, manipulationthe action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means fingeringtouching something with the fingers gropethe act of groping; and instance of groping palpation, tactual explorationa method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) tickle, tickling, titillationthe act of tickling stroke, strokinga light touch with the hands tag(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game) lap, licktouching with the tongue grazing, shaving, skimmingthe act of brushing against while passing rub, wipethe act of rubbing or wiping contusionthe action of bruising crash, smashthe act of colliding with something fielding(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field fair ball(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field snicka glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat bunt(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat fly, fly ball(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground header(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head scorcher, screamera very hard hit ball plunk, plunker(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly laying onthe act of contacting something with your hand smack, smoochan enthusiastic kiss French kiss, deep kiss, soul kissan openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth fair catch(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled interception(American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team reception(American football) the act of catching a pass in football reboundthe act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot shoestring catch(baseball) a running catch made near the ground interlock, interlocking, mesh, meshingthe act of interlocking or meshing ballottementa palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) caressa gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen 2n the event of something coming in contact with the body Syn|Hypo|Hyper touch brush, light touch momentary contact strokea light touch contact, impinging, striking the physical coming together of two or more things |
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