单词 | feel |
释义 | feel I. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < feel a sharp blow > < feel a cold draft > < felt a sudden pain > < after an hour of climbing we began to feel fatigue > (2) archaic b. (1) < felt the coat to see if it was wet > (2) slang c. < felt the rock to see how heavy it was > 2. a. < feel inconvenience at having to stay overnight > < continually felt the resentment of his competitors > < though I was tired I felt the music with more pleasure now — Chandler Brossard > b. < feel pleasure in her company > < feel a strong sense of our own importance > < felt a mild inclination to cry — T.B.Costain > c. < feel the insult deeply > < feel his son's ingratitude as if it were a wound > d. < feel the judge's wrath > : experience the intoxicating effect of (as an alcoholic drink) < drank for a long time before they began to feel the liquor > : experience the emotional force of < young conductors don't bother much anymore to feel music — Virgil Thomson > 3. a. < feel if any bones had been broken > < feel how the tiller worked > b. < by diplomatic query tried to feel the sentiments of the neighborhood > : discover by careful and tentative investigatory methods < when the architects designed their first building they were clearly feeling their way > — often used with out < feeling out the sentiments of their neighbors on the subject of school improvements > 4. a. < feel the presence of an intruder in the room > < feel trouble brewing > b. < felt that the move would be unwise although she could give no positive reason > < felt that what he said was probably true > c. < they felt that their own argument was as sound as that of their opponents > < I am a reader, so I feel I have a right to criticize authors — Alice Hamilton > < we feel that he should retire > intransitive verb 1. < lost all ability to feel in his fingertips > 2. a. < she felt in her purse for her keys > < felt along the wall in the dark for an opening > < felt under the table with his foot for the spoon he had dropped > b. < went quietly through the woods feeling for the enemy > < began to explain at random while feeling for an excuse > c. < in the absence of a book of instructions we had to feel for the best way to rig the mechanism > 3. < it feels cold outside > < how it feels to be hungry > 4. a. < capable of feeling for the poverty stricken and underfed > b. < we feel for the hero who is in danger … and we unconsciously desire to realize the escape — John Erskine †1951 > 5. a. < feel assured > < feel friendly > < feel sick > < feel in a happy frame of mind > < feel bad > < feel good > b. < feel strongly about the disposition of school funds > 6. < a man who feels but seldom thinks > • - feel in one's bones - feel like - feel no pain - feel of - feel one's oats - feel the helm II. 1. a. < a blanket soft to the feel > b. (1) < took a feel of the bump on his head > (2) slang 2. < the feel of an insect's bite > < the feel of joy > < learned to relish the feel of power — A.W.Long > < there was a feel of the train's being about to leave — Eudora Welty > 3. a. < a greasy feel > < testing the feel of the cloth > < the warm feel of her flesh — Stuart Cloete > b. < the house had the feel of a home > < the place has the feel of an old English pub — James Cerruti > 4. a. < a good feel for the handling of planes > < he will develop a feel for words which will help to make him articulate — National Catholic Educational Association Bulletin > < these provincial companies have a feel for opera that you'll find nowhere else in the world — T.H.Fielding > b. < a strong feel in the artist's work for balance and proportion > 5. < the feel of the country > — often used with for < he has a sensitive feel for the vast reaches in which his particular war took place — James Michener > III. Scotland variant of fool IV. variant of feil |
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