| 单词 | sense |
| 释义 | Word Frequency sense(sɛns) noun 1. any of the faculties by which the mind receives information about the external world or about the state of the body. In addition to the five traditional faculties of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, the term includes the means by which bodily position, temperature, pain, balance, etc, are perceived 2. such faculties collectively; the ability to perceive 3. a feeling perceived through one of the senses a sense of warmth 4. a mental perception or awareness a sense of happiness 5. moral discernment; understanding a sense of right and wrong 6. (sometimes plural) sound practical judgment or intelligence he is a man without any sense 7. reason or purpose what is the sense of going out in the rain? 8. substance or gist; meaning what is the sense of this proverb? 9. specific meaning; definition in what sense are you using the word? 10. an opinion or consensus 11. mathematics one of two opposite directions measured on a directed line; the sign as contrasted with the magnitude of a vector 12. logic, linguistics a. the import of an expression as contrasted with its referent. Thus the morning star and the evening star have the same reference, Venus, but different senses b. the property of an expression by virtue of which its referent is determined c. that which one grasps in understanding an expression 13. bring someone to their senses 14. come to one's senses 15. make sense 16. take leave of one's senses verb (transitive) 17. to perceive through one or more of the senses 18. to apprehend or detect without or in advance of the evidence of the senses 19. to understand 20. computing a. to test or locate the position of (a part of computer hardware) b. to read (data) Word origin C14: from Latin sēnsus, from sentīre to feel |
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