单词 | common touch |
释义 | > as lemmascommon touch common touch n. (frequently with the) an ability to get on with and appeal to ordinary people, esp. those considered to be of a lower professional or social status. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > friendship for demophilism1871 common touch1910 1910 R. Kipling If in Rewards & Fairies 176 If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,..Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it. 1964 Times 11 Nov. 13/5 No one who has seen the President talking to villagers..can think that he lacks ‘the common touch’. 2000 Times 5 Sept. ii. 4/1 Feathery-haired iron lady with the common touch who, as Northern Ireland Secretary, bullied and harried loyalists and republicans to the negotiating table. < as lemmas |
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