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单词 sentient
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(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) 
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

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