sensation

sensation
noun
  1. a physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body
    感觉;知觉
    a burning sensation in the middle of the chest.
    胸部灼痛的感觉。
    ■[mass noun]the capacity to have such feelings or perceptions
    感觉能力;知觉
    they had lost sensation in one or both forearms.
    他们一支或两支前臂失去了知觉。
    ■an inexplicable awareness or impression
    觉察
    [with clause]she had the eerie sensation that she was being watched.
    她有一种怪异的感觉,觉得有人在监视她。
  2. a widespread reaction of interest and excitement
    轰动
    his arrest for poisoning caused a sensation.
    他因投毒被捕引起了极大的轰动。
    ■a person, object, or event that arouses such interest and excitement
    引起轰动的人(或事)
    she was a sensation, the talk of the evening.
    她是一个尤物,是整个晚上谈论的焦点。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin sensatio(n-), from Latin sensus (see sense)
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