Word · Frequency #1372
touching
触摸；碰
touching is the present participle of touch.
To put your hand or finger on someone or something.
- 1.
Primarily physical senses.
主要是物理意义
- 2.
Primarily non-physical senses.
主要是非物理意义
- 3.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
尝试；验证,如用试金石
- 4.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
用笔或刷子轻描；添加轻微的笔触
- 5.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
敲击；操作；演奏
- 6.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
演奏,如曲调；演奏
- 7.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
通过冲动影响；强烈推动
触动；涉及；弹奏；演奏；描画；勾画；影响；驱使；试探；检验
In use
Please don't touch the paintings in the museum.
She touched her forehead to check for a fever.
He was touching the wet paint and got paint on his fingers.
Verb forms
base touch · third person touches · -ing touching · past touched · past participle touched
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- touch base
- 联系，接洽
- Let's touch base next week to discuss the project.我们下周联系一下，讨论这个项目。
- touch on
- 简要提及，涉及
- The article touches on the importance of sleep.这篇文章简要提及了睡眠的重要性。
- touch down
- 降落，着陆
- The plane touched down safely at dawn.飞机在黎明时安全降落。
- touch up
- 稍加修饰，润色
- I need to touch up the paint on the door.我需要把门上的油漆稍加修补。
- touch off
- 触发，引发
- The new policy touched off a heated debate.新政策引发了一场激烈的辩论。
- touch a nerve
- 触及痛处，戳到敏感点
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象指尖轻点屏幕的瞬间，'touch' 就是那一下轻触。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面描述 作为动词时，touch 通常属于中性用法，日常和正式场合都可使用；具体含义取决于搭配和语境，多表示触摸、碰触或触动。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时直接接宾语；作不及物动词时，常与on连用，表示'谈及，涉及'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 touch /tʌtʃ/ 真正押韵的词通常拼作 -uch（如 much、such）或 -utch（如 crutch、clutch、Dutch、hutch）。注意 lookalike：couch /kaʊtʃ/、vouch /vaʊtʃ/ 虽以 -ouch 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵；tough /tʌf/ 看起来相似，但末尾是 /f/，也不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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