feeling

feeling
noun
  1. an emotional state or reaction
    感受,感觉
    a feeling of joy.
    愉悦感。
    ■(feelings)the emotional side of someone's character; emotional responses or tendencies to respond
    感情;情绪(化)
    I don't want to hurt her feelings.
    我不想伤害她的感情。
    ■[mass noun]strong emotion
    强烈情感,激情
    ‘God bless you!’ she said with feeling.
    “上帝保佑你!”她动情地说。
  2. a belief, especially a vague or irrational one
    (尤指模糊、不合理的)信念;想法
    [with clause]he had the feeling that he was being watched.
    他隐约觉得自己被监视了。
    ■an opinion, typically one shared by several people
    (尤指共同的)观点,看法
    a feeling grew that justice had not been done.
    人们开始感到正义没有得到伸张。
  3. [mass noun]the capacity to experience the sense of touch
    手感;触觉
    a loss of feeling in the hands.
    双手知觉的丧失。
    ■the sensation of touching or being touched by a particular thing
    触觉
    the feeling of the water against your skin.
    水贴着皮肤的感觉。
  4. (feeling for)a sensitivity to or intuitive understanding of
    对…的欣赏(或悟性)
    she says I have a feeling for medicine.
    她说我对医学很有悟性。
adjective
  1. showing emotion or sensitivity
    多情的;感情细腻的
    she was a feeling child, sensitive and emotional.
    她是个感情细腻的孩子,敏感而又易动感情。
常用词组
one's better feelings
  1. one's conscience
    良知,良心
派生
feelingless
adjective
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