Sensation
[sen'seɪʃ(ə)n] or [sɛn'seʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; 'a sensation of touch'.
(noun.) a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; 'anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear'.
(noun.) a state of widespread public excitement and interest; 'the news caused a sensation'.
凯瑟琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body.
(n.) A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.
(n.) A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.
手打:尼尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Feeling (without perception or a reference to any object that causes the feeling), sense.[2]. Excitement, impression.
整理:凯瑟琳
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Affection, apprehension, sentiment, feeling, perception, surprise, impression
ANT:Apathy, insensibility, nonperception, unsurprise
編輯:鲁弗斯
解釋/意思:
n. perception by the senses: the change in consciousness which results from the transmission of nervous impulses to the brain feeling excited by external objects by the state of the body or by immaterial objects: a state of excited feeling.—adjs. Sen′sāte -d perceived by the senses; Sensā′tional pertaining to sensation: having sensation: intended as a literary work to excite violent emotions: adhering to a philosophical sensationalism.—ns. Sensā′tionalism the doctrine that our ideas originate solely in sensation and that there are no innate ideas: sensualism: sensational writing; Sensā′tionalist a believer in sensationalism: a sensational writer.—adj. Sensātionalist′ic.—adv. Sensā′tionally.—adjs. Sen′sative; Sensatō′rial pertaining to sensation.—Sensation novels novels that deal in violent effects strained emotion and usually improbable situations.
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例句/造句/用法:
- She must have a sensation of being honoured, and whether thinking of herself or her brother, she must have a strong feeling of gratitude. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She was most sorrowfully indignant; ashamed of every sensation but the one revealed to herher affection for Mr. Knightley. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- There was something horrible to Dorothea in the sensation which this unresponsive hardness inflicted on her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As he had nothing else than his majority to come into, the event did not make a profound sensation in Barnard's Inn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I remember, after having witnessed the destructive effects of a fire, I could not even behold a small one in a stove, without a sensation of fear. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The phonograph was now fairly launched as a world sensation, and a reference to the newspapers of 1878 will show the extent to which it and Edison were themes of universal discussion. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- This illusion, which created so much sensation in London and first known here as Pepper’s Ghost, I will endeavor to explain, and make the working of it as clear as I possibly can to the reader. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The sensation is heightened as the tidings spread from mouth to mouth that the beadle is on the ground and has gone in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I sometimes have a sensation as if it was almost unfeeling to walk here. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Its idea is related to that of self, the object of the passion: The sensation it causes resembles the sensation of the passion. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I know not; I lost sensation, and chains and darkness were the only objects that pressed upon me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The sensation was like being touched in the marrow with some pungent and searching acid, it set my very teeth on edge. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Never shall I forget the lonely sensation of first lying down, without a roof above my head! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The pleasing sensation arising from beauty; the bodily appetite for generation; and a generous kindness or good-will. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- How can I describe my sensations on beholding it? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I stretched out my hand, and it touched none whose sensations were responsive to mine. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It is to stir you, to give you new sensations. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Conflicting sensations of love, fear, and shame reduced Eustacia to a state of the utmost uneasiness. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He had no iron mastery of his sensations now; a trifling emotion made itself apparent in his present weak state. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I count the hours that have passed since I escaped to the shelter of this room by my own sensations--and those hours seem like weeks. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Whatever his sensations might have been, however, the stern old man would have no confidant. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It would be impossible to say what Emma felt, on hearing thiswhich of all her unpleasant sensations was uppermost. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She had FELT it turning white so often, under the intolerable burden of her thoughts, und her sensations. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I cannot deny that my sensations are sometimes enviable. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- And if these were my sensations, who can describe those of Henry? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The case is the same as in our judgments concerning all kinds of beauty, and tastes, and sensations. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- A weak impression, that is painful, is related to anger and hatred by the resemblance of sensations. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
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