touch

• vt. 接触；触动；使轻度受害
• vi. 触摸；涉及；接近；提到
• n. 接触；触觉；格调；少许
• n. (Touch)人名；(柬)杜；(英)陶奇

来自古法语 tochier,touchier,触摸，触碰，击打，敲击，来自通俗拉丁语*toccare,敲击，击打， 可能来自拟声词，模仿敲击的声音。或来自 PIE*tag,接触，词源同 tangent,contact.

1. the event of something coming in contact with the body;

"he longed for the touch of her hand"

"the cooling touch of the night air"

2. the faculty of touch;

"only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"

3. a suggestion of some quality;

"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"

"he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

4. a distinguishing style;

"this room needs a woman's touch"

5. the act of putting two things together with no space between them;

"at his touch the room filled with lights"

6. a slight but appreciable addition;

"this dish could use a touch of garlic"

7. a communicative interaction;

"the pilot made contact with the base"

"he got in touch with his colleagues"

8. a slight attack of illness;

"he has a touch of rheumatism"

9. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan);

"he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

10. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;

"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"

"the surface had a greasy feeling"

11. deftness in handling matters;

"he has a master's touch"

12. the feel of mechanical action;

"this piano has a wonderful touch"

touch

touch: [13] The etymological notion underlying touch seems to be the ‘striking of a bell’. It comes via Old French tochier from Vulgar Latin *toccāre ‘hit, knock’, which appears originally to have denoted ‘make the sound toc by striking something, such as a bell’ (as in English ticktock). The connection with bells is preserved in tocsin ‘signal given with a bell’ [16], which comes via French tocsin from Provençal tocasenh, a compound formed from tocar ‘strike’ and senh ‘bell’ (a relative of English sign).

Another member of the family is toccata [18], a borrowing from Italian, which etymologically denotes the ‘touching’ of the keys of an instrument with the fingers.
=> toccata, tocsin

touch (v.)

late 13c., "make deliberate physical contact with," from Old French tochier "to touch, hit, knock; mention, deal with" (11c., Modern French toucher), from Vulgar Latin *toccare "to knock, strike" as a bell (source also of Spanish tocar, Italian toccare), perhaps of imitative origin. Related: Touched; touching.

From c. 1300 in transitive sense "bring into physical contact," also "pertain to." Other senses attested from 14c. are "perceive by physical contact, examine by sense of touch," also "be or come into physical contact with; come to rest on; border on, be contiguous with;" also "use the sense of touch," and "mention, describe." From early 14c. as "affect or move mentally or emotionally," with notion of to "touch" the heart or mind. Also from early 14c. as "have sexual contact with." Meaning "to get or borrow money" first recorded 1760. Touch-and-go (adj.) is recorded from 1812, apparently from the name of a tag-like game, first recorded 1650s. Touch football is first attested 1933. Touch-me-not (1590s) translates Latin noli-me-tangere.

touch (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French toche "touch, a touching; a blow, attack; a test" (Modern French touche), from tocher "to touch" (see touch (v.)). Meaning "slight attack" (of an illness, etc.) is recorded from 1660s. Sense of "communication" (to be in or out of touch) is from 1884. Sense of "skill or aptitude in some topic" is first recorded 1927, probably from music or the arts. Soft touch "person easily manipulated" is recorded from 1940.

contact, touch

这两个动词均有"接触"之意。

contact： 强调紧密接触的两个物体之间的相互关系。也可用作比喻。

touch： 指具体意义"接触"时，强调动作；表抽象意义时，侧重"联系"。

touch, inspire, move

这些动词均有"感动，打动"之意。

touch： 主要用于表示怜悯或同情等场合，侧重感动。

inspire： 指激起勇气和信心，侧重鼓励，有时含"启发灵感"之意。

move与touch可换用，但语气强一些，运用范围广些。

Some people are still in favor of printed books because of the sense of touch they can provide.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

The advisers also meet with students privately and stay in touch with parents, so they are deeply invested in the students'uccess

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

From here, the mountains look as if you could just reach out and touch them.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Writing keeps us in touch with other people.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

And of course, I can keep in touch with everyone through Facebook.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planet's surface, that the specific energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world.

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn't normally ever touch water, an airbus A0.

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We do still need the human touch or the human interaction, particularly when people are depressed.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

When children start school for the very first time, parents often feel a sense of excitement coupled with a touch of sadness at the end of an era.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

They seem to be out of touch with society.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Almost all said that their cell phone was the way they stayed in touch with peers, one-third had used the cell phone to help a peer in need, and about 80% said the phone made them feel safer.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

It does not really touch on anything serious.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, giving the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice president and chief information officer at the university.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Both the iPhones and the iPod Touch devices can connect to the Internet through campus wireless networks

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find new applications for iPod Touch devices

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself" We have more and more ways to communicate, but less and less to say

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

It is vital, of course, to stay in touch with the world

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In a recent study of parents and grown-up children in 11 European countries, Karsten Hank of Mannheim University found that 85% of them lived within 25km of each other and the majority of them were in touch at least once a week.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

On Jan 9, 2007, Steve Jobs formally announced Apple's "revolutionary mobile phone"—a device that combined the functionality of an iPod, phone and Internet communication into a single unit, navigated by touch.

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Amy, my head is spinning! It must be a touch of the sun.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

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Ben, had got in touch, he'd moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I'd last seen him.

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Fortunately, I managed to get in touch with a Dartmoor's livestock protection officer and send her a photo.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

He believes design must take into account the sensory side of our nature—sight, smell, touch and taste.

2016年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Here's how Harvard Medical School scientist Margaret Livingstone, who led the team, described the experiment: in their cages the monkeys were provided with touch screens.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

However, technology is also the application of scientific knowledge to solve a problem, touching lives in countless ways.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers—17 in this example.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the word "touch" four times using the smart keyboard.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

In addition to being more in touch with the food she's eating, another joy comes from passing this knowledge and this desire for good food to her children.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Most of them are extremely delicate and can be damaged by a simple touch.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Teresa posted a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website accompanied by the touching words: ＂what a blessing this young man was to our family! he was so sweet and kind to do this.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

That year, I attended a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world.

2017年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

The joy of getting in touch with foods.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution if they touch two lines at once.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

They never touch anything unless they're eating it, or unless something is eating them.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

To make it easier to get in touch with us, you'd better keep this card at hand.

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Her tiny hands gently touched my face...

她的小手轻轻触摸我的脸庞。

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Don't touch that dial…

不要碰那个刻度盘。

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Their knees were touching ...

他们的膝盖挨着。

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A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider...

一个骑车人与另一辆自行车车轮相碰后摔倒在地。

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The evidence suggests that our sense of touch is programmed to diminish with age.

有证据表明，我们的触觉会随着年龄的增长而减损。

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…boys and girls who are blind and who want to be able to read and write by touch.

想通过触觉读写的失明的男孩和女孩

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He scored the first time he touched the ball…

他第一次触球就得分了。

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As the aeroplane went down the runway the wing touched a pile of rubble.

飞机降落沿跑道滑行的时候机翼擦到了一堆碎石。

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When John began to restore the house in the 1960s, nothing had been touched for 40 years.

约翰 20 世纪 60 年代开始整修那幢房子时，它已有 40 年都无人照管了。

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Pearce remained adamant, saying 'I didn't touch him'...

皮尔斯仍旧坚定不移地说：“我没有碰过他。”

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I was in the garden. I never touched the sandwiches.

我那时在花园里。我根本没动三明治。

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He doesn't drink much and doesn't touch drugs...

他喝酒不多，也不沾毒品。

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His diet is vegetarian, and he hasn't touched meat for six years…

他吃素，已经 6 年不知肉味了。

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The film touches on these issues, but only superficially...

这部电影涉及了这些问题，但却流于表面。

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She writes about women's idealisation of men, touching briefly on the topic of women's fantasy life.

她写女人心目中理想化的男人，其中简单涉及了女人所幻想的生活的话题。

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...a guilt that in some sense touches everyone...

在某种意义上影响到每个人的负罪感

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Nor had the benefits of the war years touched all sectors of the population.

战争年代的救济金也没有惠及所有的人。

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It has touched me deeply to see how these people live...

看到这些人的生活境况，我深受触动。

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Her enthusiasm touched me.

她的热情打动了我。

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His crinkly hair was touched with grey...

他卷曲的头发有些花白。

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The boy was touched with genius.

那个男孩透着点天分。

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No one can touch these girls for professionalism.

就职业素养来说，没人能比得上这些姑娘。

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By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h.

到第三圈时，金基德的车速达到了每小时 289 英里。

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The winds had touched storm-force the day before.

风力前一天就已达到了狂风级。

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Now is the time to touch him for a loan.

现在是向他借笔钱的时候了。

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They called the event 'a tribute to heroes', which was a nice touch...

他们把这一活动称为“向英雄致敬”，这可是加分之举。

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Small touches to a room such as flowers can be what gives a house its vitality.

房间里放些诸如鲜花之类的小点缀可以给家里带来生气。

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The dishes he produces all have a personal touch...

他做的菜全都带有其个人风格。

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The striker was unable to find his scoring touch.

那个前锋找不到进球的感觉。

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She thought she just had a touch of flu...

她认为自己仅仅有点感冒。

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