释义 |
feel /fēl/ transitive verb (feelˈing; felt)- To perceive by the touch
- To investigate by touching or handling
- To find (one's way) by groping
- To be conscious of
- To be keenly sensible of
- To have an inward persuasion of, to believe, consider or think
- To seem to oneself to be
- To caress the genitals of (with up; vulgar sl)
intransitive verb- To be aware that one is (well, ill, happy, etc)
- To explore or investigate with one's hand (with in, etc)
- To impart a particular impression when touched, as in to feel smooth, sharp, etc
- To be emotionally affected
- To have sympathy or compassion (with for)
noun- The sensation of touch
- An instinct, touch, knack
- An act of feeling something
- An impression imparted by something being felt
- A general impression or atmosphere associated with something
ORIGIN: OE fēlan to feel; Ger fühlen; prob akin to L palpāri to stroke feelˈer noun - A person, etc that feels
- A remark cautiously dropped, or any indirect stratagem, to sound out the opinions of others
- A tentacle
- A jointed organ in the head of insects, etc capable of a delicate sense, an antenna
feelˈing noun - The sense of touch
- Perception of objects by touch
- Consciousness of pleasure or pain
- An impression received physically or mentally
- Tenderness
- (an) emotion
- Sensibility, susceptibility, sentimentality
- An opinion, sentiment
- An instinctive grasp or appreciation (with for)
- Mutual or interactive emotion, such as bad feeling (resentment or animosity), good feeling (friendliness), ill-feeling, fellow feeling
- (in pl) the affections or passions
- (in pl) one's sensibilities, or amour-propre, as in hurt someone's feelings
adjective- Expressive of great sensibility or tenderness
- Easily or strongly affected by emotion
- Sympathetic
- Compassionate
- Pitying
- Deeply felt
feelˈingless adjective feelˈingly adverb feelˈ-bad or feelˈbad adjective (informal) Causing a feeling of personal unease feel-bad factor noun The antidote to the feel-good factor (qv below) feeler gauge noun (engineering) A thin strip of metal of known thickness, used to measure or set the distance between surfaces or parts feelˈ-good or feelˈgood adjective (informal) Causing or relating to a feeling of personal wellbeing, optimism or (smug) self-satisfaction feel-good factor noun A sense of optimism sometimes detected by researchers into voting, buying, etc intentions bad feeling - Resentment or animosity
- Ill-feeling
feel after (Bible) To search for feelings (are) running high (there is) a general feeling of anger, emotion, etc feel like To want, have a desire for feel oneself To feel as well as normal feel one's feet or way To accustom oneself to a new situation, job, etc feel up to (with neg) to feel fit enough to get the feel of To become familiar with or used to good feeling - Friendly feeling
- Amicable relations
no hard feelings No offence taken like1 /līk/ adjective- Identical, equal, or nearly equal in any respect
- Similar, resembling
- Suiting, befitting
- Characteristic of
- Used in requesting a description, as in what is it like?
- Used in combination to form adjectives from nouns, with the force ‘resembling’, ‘suitable to’, ‘typical of’, eg catlike, lady-like
- Used in combination to form adjectives and adverbs from adjectives, with the force ‘somewhat’, ‘kind of’, eg stupid-like (informal)
- Inclined, likely or probable (dialect)
noun- One of the same kind
- The same thing
- An exact resemblance
adverb- In the same manner
- Probably (dialect)
- As it were (dialect)
- As if about (dialect)
- Nearly (informal)
- To some extent (dialect)
- Sometimes used meaninglessly (dialect)
conjunction (Shakespeare; another reading as; now non-standard)- As
- As if
preposition- In the same manner as
- To the same extent as
- Such as
transitive verb (Shakespeare)To compare or liken intransitive verb (obsolete)To be or seem likely (to), come near (to) ORIGIN: OE līc, seen in gelīc; ON līkr, Du gelijk, Ger gleich (= geleich) likeˈlihood noun - Probability
- Promise of success or of future excellence
- Similitude (obsolete)
- Semblance (obsolete)
- Resemblance (obsolete)
likeˈliness noun - Likelihood
- Likeness (Spenser)
likeˈly adjective - Like the thing required
- Promising
- Probable
- Credible
- Similar (Spenser)
- Pleasing (dialect)
- Comely (dialect)
adverb (informal)Probably likˈen transitive verb - To represent as like or similar
- To compare
likeˈness noun - A resemblance
- Semblance
- Guise
- A person who or thing which has a resemblance
- A portrait
likeˈwise adverb - In the same or similar manner
- Moreover
- Too, also
likeˈ-mindˈed adjective Having similar opinions, values, etc likeˈ-mindˈedness noun as likely as not Probably compare like with like To compare only such things as are genuinely comparable feel like - To be disposed or inclined towards
- Used in requesting a description, as in what does it feel like?
had like (archaic) Was likely, came near to look like - To show a probability of
- To appear similar to
- Used in requesting a description, as in what does it look like?
not likely (informal) Absolutely not something like (a) - A fine specimen, a model of what the thing should be
- Around, approximately
such like Of that kind, similar the like (informal) Similar things the likes of People such as |