英语词汇“sentient”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	sentient
释义	Trends of sentient View usage for: sentient (sentiənt, -ʃənt) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A sentient being is capable of experiencing things through its senses. [formal] ...sentient creatures human and nonhuman alike. Synonyms: feeling, living, conscious, live More Synonyms of sentient sentient in British English (ˈsɛntɪənt) adjective 1. having the power of sense perception or sensation; conscious noun 2. rare a sentient person or thing Derived forms sentiently (ˈsentiently) adverb Word origin C17: from Latin sentiēns feeling, from sentīre to perceive sentient in American English (ˈsɛnʃənt; ˈsɛnʃiənt) adjective of, having, or capable of feeling or perception; conscious Derived forms sentiently (ˈsentiently) adverb Word origin L sentiens, prp. of sentire, to perceive by the senses: see sense Examples of 'sentient' in a sentence sentient Why would any sentient adult want to dress like a fairytale creature? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Is something stolen from an individual in those smears of cells turned sentient adults? Times, Sunday Times (2010) How could this possibly be of any interest to sentient adults with experiences of their own? Times, Sunday Times (2009) What to do if machines become sentient? Times, Sunday Times (2015) No sign of sentient life at all, absolutely out for the count. The Sun (2016) What is it about the summer that makes otherwise sentient adults behave like five-year-olds? Times, Sunday Times (2016) Elephants are highly intelligent, sentient and responsive creatures. Times, Sunday Times (2015) From entering the hospital, she ceases being a sentient adult with a personality and becomes a number. Christianity Today (2000) How did life become sentient? Times, Sunday Times (2009) Nay, more, it becomes sentient and sensitive inside the earth. Thompkins, Peter, Bird, Christopher Secrets of the Soil (1990) (adjective) in the sense of feeling Definition capable of perception and feeling sentient creatures, human and nonhuman alike Synonyms feeling She is a very warm and feeling person. living conscious She was fully conscious throughout the operation. live they kept a number of live animals in the lab sensitive He was always so sensitive and caring. reactive Additional synonyms in the sense of conscious Definition aware of one's surroundings and of oneself She was fully conscious throughout the operation. Synonyms awake, wide-awake, sentient, alive in the sense of live Definition alive they kept a number of live animals in the lab Synonyms living, alive, breathing, animate, existent, vital, quick (archaic) in the sense of sensitive Definition responsive to feelings and moods He was always so sensitive and caring. Synonyms thoughtful, kind, understanding, feeling, kindly, concerned, patient, responsive, intuitive, receptive, attentive, perceptive, considerate, tactful, unselfish Nearby words of sentient sensuous sentence sententious sentient sentiment sentimental sentimentality Synonyms of 'sentient' sentient Explore 'sentient' in the dictionary
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