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单词 touch base with
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base1 /bās/

noun
  1. That on which something rests
  2. The foot, bottom
  3. A foundation, support
  4. The part, eg of an organ of a plant or animal, nearest the place of attachment
  5. The foot of a pillar, on which the shaft rests (architecture)
  6. The side or face on which a geometrical figure is regarded as standing
  7. A number on which a system of numeration or of logarithms is founded
  8. The chief ingredient
  9. An ingredient of a mixture that plays a subsidiary but important part, such as giving bulk
  10. In dyeing, a mordant
  11. A starting point
  12. A standard against which comparisons can be made
  13. In make-up, the foundation or first layer of colour applied to the skin
  14. A baseline
  15. A fixed station in games such as baseball
  16. An old game of which prisoners'-base and rounders are forms, and baseball a development (possibly a different word; see bar1)
  17. A place from which operations are conducted or on which they depend
  18. Home or headquarters eg of a fleet
  19. A compound that reacts with an acid to form a salt, or dissolves in water forming hydroxyl ions (chem)
  20. The region between the emitter and collector of a transistor, into which minority carriers are injected (electronics)
  21. That element in words to which suffixes and prefixes are added, the stem (philology)
  22. The lower part of a shield (heraldry)
  23. (in pl) a knee-length pleated skirt worn by medieval knights (Spenser)
  24. A horse's housing (Milton)
transitive verb (bāsˈing; based /bāst/)
  1. To make or form a base
  2. To found or place on a base
ORIGIN: Fr base, from L basis, from Gr basis, from root of bainein to go

bāsˈal adjective

  1. Relating to or situated at the base
  2. At the lowest level
  3. (loosely) fundamental

baseˈless adjective

Without a base or foundation

baseˈlessness noun

baseˈment noun

  1. The storey of a building beneath the ground floor
  2. An underlying support
  3. A complex of igneous and metamorphic rocks beneath sedimentary rock (geology)

basilar /basˈil-ər/ adjective

Situated at the base, esp of the skull

basal anaesthesia noun

Anaesthesia acting as a basis for further and deeper anaesthesia

basal ganglia plural noun

In vertebrates, ganglia connecting the cerebrum with other nerve centres

basal metabolic rate noun

The output of calories per square metre of body surface per hour by a fasting and resting individual

basal metabolism noun

The amount of energy required by a fasting and resting individual

basal plane noun (crystallography)

A crystal face or form parallel to the lateral or horizontal axes

baseˈball noun

  1. A team game, played nine-a-side with bat and ball, the players on the batting side attempting to score runs by progressing around four bases on the field
  2. A ball used for this game

baseball cap noun

A tight-fitting cap with a long peak

baseˈballer noun

baseˈband adjective (telecommunications)

Applied to a device capable of operating only over a narrow range of frequencies

baseˈboard noun

  1. A board which forms a base for something
  2. A skirting-board (N American)

baseˈ-burner noun (N American)

A stove in which fuel is fed automatically from a hopper

base hospital noun (Aust)

A hospital that serves a wide rural area

baseˈ-level noun (geography)

The level to which land can be or is eroded by water

baseˈ-levelled adjective

baseˈline noun

  1. An accurately measured line used as a base for triangulation
  2. Each of the lines at the back of the court (tennis)
  3. A line joining bases (baseball)
  4. The line on which the type stands, below which the descenders hang (printing)
  5. A starting point against which to measure something, a standard of comparison

baseˈliner noun (tennis)

A player who plays mainly from the baseline and rarely approaches the net

baseˈ-load noun (elec eng)

The minimum demand of electricity on a power-station (cf peak load under peak1)

baseˈman noun (baseball)

Any of the three fielders stationed near first, second and third base (hence first baseman, etc)

base pair noun (biochemistry)

A purine linked to a pyrimidine by hydrogen bonds, forming a link between complementary strands of DNA or RNA

base pairing noun

baseˈplate noun

The foundation plate of a piece of heavy machinery

base rate noun

The rate, determined by a bank, on which it bases its lending rates of interest

base ring noun

A strengthening band of metal round the breech of a muzzle-loading cannon

baseˈrunner noun

A baseball player attempting to perform a circuit of the bases

base station noun (telecommunications)

A radio and mobile phone service provider, relaying calls between systems and users

base substitution noun (biology)

A mutation in which a base in the DNA is replaced by a different base (cf deletion mutation)

base unit noun

A fundamental unit from which other units in a system of measurement are derived

base out (US)

To bottom out

get to or make first base (N Am inf)

To complete the first stage in a process

off base (N Am inf)

Wrong, mistaken

touch base with (orig N American)

To make contact with

touch /tuch/

transitive verb
  1. To come or be in contact with
  2. To cause to be in contact
  3. To feel or tap lightly, esp with the hand
  4. To get at
  5. To reach as far as
  6. To attain
  7. To equal, rival or compare with
  8. To make a light application to
  9. To begin to eat, eat a little of
  10. To make use of
  11. To affect, esp injuriously
  12. To hit, wound or injure
  13. To disturb or harm (usu with neg)
  14. To cope or deal with
  15. To impress
  16. To affect with emotion, esp pity
  17. To have to do with
  18. To concern
  19. To strike home to
  20. To mark or modify by light strokes
  21. To tinge
  22. To extract money from (with for; informal)
  23. To make some reference to, say something about esp in passing
  24. To meet without cutting, or meet tangentially (geometry)
  25. To play (eg an instrument or melody) (music)
  26. To call at (eg a port)
  27. To cause to touch the ground behind the try-line (commonly with down; rugby)
  28. To test as with a touchstone
  29. To receive, draw, pocket
  30. To bribe (obsolete)
  31. To cheat (slang)
intransitive verb
  1. To be or come in contact
  2. To make a passing call at a port
  3. To verge
  4. To make some mention or reference (with on or upon)
  5. To have reference
noun
  1. The sense by which nature, texture and quality of objects can be perceived through physical contact with the hands, feet, skin, lips, etc
  2. The particular texture and qualities as perceived through such contact
  3. An act of touching or the sense of being touched
  4. A feeling
  5. A slight application, modification, stroke
  6. A small quantity
  7. A slight attack of illness
  8. A tinge
  9. A trace
  10. A smack
  11. Ability, skill
  12. A trait
  13. A little
  14. A slight hit, wound, blemish or reproach
  15. The manner or nicety of producing tone on (now esp) a keyed instrument
  16. The instrument's response
  17. A characteristic manner, style or trait
  18. A stroke of art
  19. The relation of communication, sympathy, harmony
  20. Communication, contact
  21. A game in which one has to pursue and touch others
  22. The area outside the field of play (football, etc)
  23. A test, eg with a touchstone
  24. A touchstone
  25. A black marble or similar monumental stone (obsolete)
  26. An official stamp of fineness on gold, etc
  27. Fineness
  28. Stamp (figurative)
  29. Theft (slang)
  30. A sum got by theft or by touching (slang)
  31. A person from whom money can be obtained by touching (slang)
  32. That which will find buyers at such and such a price (slang)
ORIGIN: OFr tuchier (Fr toucher); origin doubtful

touchˈable adjective

  1. Capable of being touched
  2. Fit to be touched

touchˈableness noun

touched adjective

  1. Having been touched
  2. Affected with emotion, esp pity
  3. Slightly unsound mentally

touchˈer noun

touchˈily adverb

touchˈiness noun

touchˈing noun adjective

  1. Affecting
  2. Moving
  3. Pathetic
preposition

Concerning

touchˈingly adverb

touchˈingness noun

touchˈless adjective

  1. Without a sense of touch
  2. Intangible
  3. Not involving physical contact

touchˈy adjective (touchˈier; touchˈiest)

  1. Over-sensitive
  2. Irascible
  3. Risky, requiring careful handling or caution (esp US)

touch and go noun

  1. A narrow escape
  2. A critical or precariously balanced situation

adjective

  1. Precarious
  2. Off-hand

touchˈback noun (American football)

A play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team

touchˈ-box noun

A tinderbox for a matchlock

touchˈdown noun

  1. Touching of the ball to the ground by a player behind the try-line (rugby)
  2. The possession of the ball by a player behind the opponents' goal line (American football)
  3. (of air- or spacecraft) the act of alighting

touch football noun

Football in which tackling is replaced by touching

touch hole noun

The small hole of a cannon through which the fire is communicated to the charge

touchˈ-in-goal noun (rugby)

The areas at each end of the pitch behind the try-lines and outside the touchlines

touch judge noun (rugby)

An official who marks when and where the ball goes into touch

touchˈline noun

Either of the lines marking the side boundary in football, etc

touch mark noun

The maker's official stamp on pewter

touchˈ-me-not noun

  1. Any of various plants of the genus Impatiens, having seed-pods which, when ripe, spring open at a touch
  2. Lupus
  3. A forbidden topic

adjective

Stand-offish

touch-me-notˈishness noun

touchpad noun (computing)

A small portable input device, operated by touching different areas on its surface (also trackpad)

touchˈpaper noun

Paper steeped in saltpetre for firing gunpowder, fireworks, etc

touchˈ-piece noun

A coin or medal formerly given by a king to those he touched for king's evil

touchˈ-plate noun

A plate bearing the pewterers' official stamp

touch rugby or touch rugger noun

A modified form of rugby in which touching takes the place of tackling

touch screen noun (computing)

A screen that doubles as an input device, and is operated by being touched

touchˈ-screen adjective

touchˈstone noun

  1. Lydian stone, a highly siliceous (usu black) stone or other stone for testing gold or silver by the colour of the mark each makes on it
  2. Any criterion

touch therapy noun

A therapy, such as massage, laying-on of hands, reflexology or aromatherapy, involving physical contact

touchˈtone adjective

(of telephones) having push buttons (rather than a dial) that cause distinct tones to sound at the exchange

noun

(Touchtone®) telephone equipment using this system

touchˈ-type transitive verb and intransitive verb

To type without looking at the keys of the typewriter

touchˈ-typing noun

touchˈ-typist noun

touchˈ-up noun

  1. The act or process of renovating or making minor improvements
  2. An instance of this

touchˈwood noun

Decayed wood that can be used as tinder

touchy-feelˈy adjective (informal)

Involving emotion and personal contact as distinct from intellectual activity

an easy (or a soft) touch (informal)

A person or institution easily persuaded, esp to lend money

in (or out of) touch

In (or out of) communication or direct relations

near touch

A close shave

touch base (with) (chiefly N American informal)

To make personal contact with

touch down

  1. (of an air or spacecraft) to land
  2. To ground the ball behind the opposing team's goal line (rugby)

touch off

To trigger, to cause to begin (also figurative)

touch up

  1. To improve by a series of small touches
  2. To stimulate (eg a horse) by a light blow
  3. To caress, touch or molest sexually

touch wood or (N American) knock on wood or knock wood

To touch something wooden as a superstitious act to guard against bad luck (also used as an interjection to accompany the gesture or as a substitute for it)
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