原汁原味学单词：feeling  感觉  感触!

feel·ing\ˈfē-liŋ\

noun

: an awareness by your body of something in it or on it

: an emotional state or reaction

: thoughts of wanting to help someone who is sick, hungry, in trouble, etc.

Full Definition

1 a (1) : the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : touch (2) : a sensation experienced through this sense

b : generalized bodily consciousness or sensation

c : appreciative or responsive awareness or recognition

2 a : an emotional state or reaction <a kindly feeling toward the boy>

b plural : susceptibility to impression : sensitivity <the remark hurt her feelings>

3 a : the undifferentiated background of one's awareness considered apart from any identifiable sensation, perception, or thought

b : the overall quality of one's awareness

c : conscious recognition : sense

4 a : often unreasoned opinion or belief : sentiment

b : presentiment

5 : capacity to respond emotionally especially with the higher emotions

6 : the character ascribed to something : atmosphere

7 a : the quality of a work of art that conveys the emotion of the artist

b : sympathetic aesthetic response

8 : feel 4

Examples

I noticed tingling feelings in my fingers.

She had a queasy feeling in her stomach.

I had the feeling of something crawling across my foot.

First use: 12th century

原汁原味学单词：feeling  感觉  感触!