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单词 sensing
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sense /sɛns/USA pronunciation   n., v., sensed, sens•ing. 
n. 
  1. Physiology any of the powers such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals see or feel anything outside or inside the body:[countable]the five senses; Dogs have a better sense of hearing than humans do.
  2. a feeling produced through one of the senses:[countable]a sense of cold.
  3. a vague feeling or impression:[countable]a sense of security.
  4. [countable]
    • a function of the mind like a physical sense:the moral sense.
    • a special awareness to understand, see clearly, etc.:a sense of values; a great sense of humor.
  5. Usually, senses. [plural] sanity:Have you taken leave of your senses?
  6. sound, practical intelligence:[uncountable]to have the sense to stop talking and just listen.
  7. reasonable thoughts, ideas, or speech:[uncountable]to talk sense.
  8. meaning: [uncountable]You missed the sense of his statement.[countable]One of the senses of the word "bachelor'' is "unmarried male.''
  9. value;
    merit:[uncountable]no sense in worrying.
  10. consensus:[uncountable]The sense of the meeting was that we should go forward.

v. 
  1. to take notice of (something) by the senses:[+ object]I sensed the presence of a large object in front of me in the darkness.
  2. to have a feeling of: [+ object]She sensed his nervousness.[+ (that) clause]She sensed (that) he was nervous.
  3. to detect (physical things, such as light) mechanically, electrically, etc.:[+ object]The door senses your presence and opens automatically.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in a sense, [uncountable] to some extent;
    in a way:In a sense, the book was entertaining.

See -sens-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sense  (sens),USA pronunciation n., v., sensed, sens•ing. 
n. 
  1. Physiologyany of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body.
  2. Physiologythese faculties collectively.
  3. Physiologytheir operation or function;
    sensation.
  4. a feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc., or resulting from a particular condition of some part of the body:to have a sense of cold.
  5. a faculty or function of the mind analogous to sensation:the moral sense.
  6. any special capacity for perception, estimation, appreciation, etc.:a sense of humor.
  7. Usually, senses. clear and sound mental faculties;
    sanity:Have you taken leave of your senses?
  8. a more or less vague perception or impression:a sense of security.
  9. a mental discernment, realization, or recognition;
    acuteness:a just sense of the worth of a thing.
  10. the recognition of something as incumbent or fitting:a sense of duty.
  11. sound practical intelligence:He has no sense.
  12. something that is sensible or reasonable:to talk sense.
  13. the meaning or gist of something:You missed the sense of his statement.
  14. the value or worth of something;
    merit:There's no sense in worrying about the past.
  15. the meaning of a word or phrase in a specific context, esp. as isolated in a dictionary or glossary;
    the semantic element in a word or group of words.
  16. an opinion or judgment formed or held, esp. by an assemblage or body of persons:the sense of a meeting.
  17. Geneticsa DNA sequence that is capable of coding for an amino acid (distinguished from nonsense).
  18. Mathematicsone of two opposite directions in which a vector may point.
  19. come to one's senses, to regain one's good judgment or realistic point of view;
    become reasonable.
  20. in a sense, according to one explanation or view;
    to a certain extent:In a sense it may have been the only possible solution.
  21. make sense, to be reasonable or comprehensible:His attitude doesn't make sense.

v.t. 
  1. to perceive (something) by the senses;
    become aware of.
  2. to grasp the meaning of;
    understand.
  3. (of certain mechanical devices) to detect physical phenomena, as light, temperature, radioactivity, etc., mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  4. Computingto read (punched holes, tape, data, etc.) mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • Latin sēnsus sensation, feeling, understanding, equivalent. to sent(īre) to feel + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action, with tt s; (verb, verbal) derivative of the noun, nominal
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English 1350–1400
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Sense, sensation refer to consciousness of stimulus or of a perception as pleasant or unpleasant. A sense is an awareness or recognition of something; the stimulus may be subjective and the entire process may be mental or intellectual:a sense of failure.A sensation is an impression derived from an objective (external) stimulus through any of the sense organs:a sensation of heat.It is also a general, indefinite physical or emotional feeling:a sensation of weariness.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged awareness, apprehension.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rationality.
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged estimation, appreciation.
    • 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged signification, import, denotation, connotation, interpretation. See meaning. 
    • 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged feeling, sentiment.
    • 22.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discern, appreciate, recognize.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sense /sɛns/ n
  1. any of the faculties by which the mind receives information about the external world or about the state of the body. In addition to the five traditional faculties of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, the term includes the means by which bodily position, temperature, pain, balance, etc, are perceived
  2. such faculties collectively; the ability to perceive
  3. a feeling perceived through one of the senses: a sense of warmth
  4. a mental perception or awareness: a sense of happiness
  5. moral discernment; understanding: a sense of right and wrong
  6. (sometimes plural) sound practical judgment or intelligence
  7. reason or purpose: what is the sense of going out in the rain?
  8. substance or gist; meaning: what is the sense of this proverb?
  9. specific meaning; definition: in what sense are you using the word?
  10. an opinion or consensus
  11. one of two opposite directions measured on a directed line; the sign as contrasted with the magnitude of a vector
  12. make senseto be reasonable or understandable
  13. take leave of one's senses
vb (transitive)
  1. to perceive through one or more of the senses
  2. to apprehend or detect without or in advance of the evidence of the senses
  3. to understand
  4. to test or locate the position of (a part of computer hardware)
  5. to read (data)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin sēnsus, from sentīre to feel
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