Sensation



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 知觉; 轰动 ( 的事)
• ［英］ n. 知觉 ( awareness) ; 轰动 ( 的事) ( a cause of excited interest or feeling)
• ［记］ sens ( 感觉) +action -> 感觉, 知觉
• ［同］ 同根词: sensible ( 明智的) ;sensitive ( 敏感的)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Medieval Latin sensation-, sensatio, from Late Latin, understanding, idea, from Latin sensus
• Date: 1615
• 1.
  • a. a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process — compare perception
  • b. awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ
  • c. a state of consciousness due to internal bodily changes <a sensation of hunger>
  • d. an indefinite bodily feeling <a sensation of buoyancy>
• 2. something (as a physical stimulus, sense-datum, or afterimage) that causes or is the object of sensation
• 3.
  • a. a state of excited interest or feeling <their elopement caused a sensation>
  • b. a cause of such excitement <the show was the musical sensation of the season>; especially one (as a person) in some respect exceptional or outstanding <the rookie hitting sensation of the American League>

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