feel

Word family  noun feel feeling feelings adjective unfeeling verb feel

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++feel1 /fiːl/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle felt /felt/)  1  feeling/emotion 感觉/情感 [linking verb, transitive]FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC to experience a particular physical feeling or emotion 感受到，觉得，体会到 Do you still feel hungry? 你还觉得饿吗？ You can never tell what he’s feeling. 他的感受你永远说不准。 Stop exercising if you feel any pain. 要是感到疼痛就停止练习。feel fine/good/comfortable etc I’m feeling a little better today. 我今天觉得好一些了。 Marie immediately felt guilty. 玛丽当即感觉内疚。feel as if/as though When his dad left, he felt as though his world had turned upside-down. 爸爸离开后，他觉得自己的世界完全乱了套。 I felt like I’d really achieved something. 我感觉自己真的有所成就了。2  notice 注意到 [transitive not in progressive]NOTICE to notice something that is happening to you, especially something that is touching you 注意到，感受到 She felt his warm breath on her cheek. 她感觉到他温暖的气息拂在脸颊上。 The earthquake was felt as far south as San Diego. 向南直到圣迭戈都有震感。feel somebody/something do something She felt his arms go round her. 她感到他搂住了自己。feel yourself doing something I felt myself blushing. 我觉得自己脸红了。3  feel smooth/dry etc 觉得光滑/干燥等 [linking verb]FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETC to give you a particular physical feeling, especially when you touch or hold something 感觉是，摸起来，手感是feel smooth/cold/damp etc Her hands felt rough. 她双手粗糙。 The house felt hot and stuffy. 房子里又热又闷。feel as if/as though My leg feels as if it’s broken. 我的一条腿好像断了似的。 It’s nice fabric – it feels like velvet. 面料不错——摸上去像丝绒。4  feel good/strange/exciting etc 觉得好/奇怪/兴奋等FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC [linking verb] if a situation, event etc feels good, strange etc, that is the emotion or feeling that it gives you 给人…感觉 After twenty years, seeing him again felt very strange. 20年后再见到他，我感觉很不自在。feel ... to be/do something It felt wonderful to be wearing clean clothes again. 又能穿上干净衣服，这感觉真好。 How does it feel to be 40? 40岁是什么感觉？ It’s been a year since her daughter died, but to her, it still feels like yesterday. 她女儿去世有一年了，但是对她来说，感觉还像是昨天。5  have an opinion 有想法 [transitive]THINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to have a particular opinion, especially one that is based on your feelings, not on facts 以为，认为〔尤指根据感觉而不是事实〕feel (that) Some of the parents felt the school wasn’t doing enough about bullying. 有些家长认为学校在解决校园欺凌的问题上做得不够。feel about How would you feel about working with Nicole for a while? 与妮科尔共事一段时间你觉得怎么样？5 The experience of rape can change how a woman feels about her body.被强奸的经历会改变一个女性对自己身体的看法。n What does your partner feel about all this?feel sure/certain (=think that something is definitely true) 确信 She felt sure she’d made the right decision. 她确信自己作了正确的决定。► see thesaurus at thinkn GrammarUsing the progressiveFeel is not usually used in the progressive in this meaning. You say: I feel this is probably the right decision. ✗Don’t say: I’m feeling this is probably the right decision.Using the passiveIn more formal English, you say it is felt that when saying what many people think: It was felt that the experiment should be stopped.6  feel like (doing) something spokenWANT to want to have something or do something 想要做某事 He didn’t feel like going to work. 他不想去上班。 Do you feel like another drink? 你想再喝一杯吗？7  touch 摸 [transitive]TOUCH to touch something with your fingers to find out about it 触摸 She felt his forehead. Perhaps he had a temperature. 她摸了摸他的额头，他可能发烧了。 Mum, feel this stone. Isn’t it smooth? 妈妈，摸摸这块石头，是不是很光滑？feel how hard/soft/rough etc something is He could feel how damp his shirt was against his chest. 他感觉到潮乎乎的衬衫贴在胸前。► see thesaurus at touch8  feel around/on/in etc something (for something) LOOK FORto search for something with your fingers 〔用手指〕在…摸索着（找某物） She felt in her bag for a pencil. 她在袋子里摸索着找铅笔。9  feel the force/effects/benefits etc of something KNOW somethingto experience the good or bad results of something 感受到某事物的力量/影响/好处等 The local economy is beginning to feel the effects of the recession. 当地经济开始感受到经济萎缩带来的影响。10  feel the need to do something KNOW somethingto believe that you need to do something 觉得需要做某事 Children who can talk to their parents feel less need to try drugs. 能够与父母交谈的孩子不大会起吸毒的念头。11  feel your way a) CAREFULto move carefully, with your hands out in front of you, because you cannot see properly 〔因看不清楚而伸出手来〕摸索前进 Silently, she felt her way across the room. 她一言不发地摸索着走到房间的另一头。 b) CAREFULto do things slowly and carefully, because you are not completely sure about a new situation 〔由于对新情况完全无把握而〕谨慎行事，摸索feel your way towards The European Union is still feeling its way towards common policies. 欧盟还在摸索着寻求共同政策。12  feel free spokenYES used to tell someone that they can do something if they want to 尽管做，没问题 ‘Could I use your phone for a minute?’ ‘Feel free.’ “我能用一下你的电话吗？”“请便。”feel free to do something Please feel free to make suggestions. 有建议请尽管提。13  I know (just/exactly) how you feel spokenKNOW something used to express sympathy with someone or with a remark they have just made 我（十分）理解你的心情 I know how you feel, Mark, but maybe it’s better not to confront him. 我理解你的心情，马克，但是不跟他硬碰硬可能会更好。14  not feel yourself spokenILL to not feel as healthy or happy as usual 身体不舒服；心情不好 I don’t know what’s wrong. I just don’t feel quite myself. 我不知道怎么回事，就是觉得身体不是很舒服。15  feel your age FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCto realize that you are not as young or active as you used to be 感到老了 Looking at his grandson made him really feel his age. 看着孙子，他感觉自己真的老了。16  feel the cold/heat FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCto suffer because of cold or hot weather 怕冷/热 Old people tend to feel the cold more. 老人往往更怕冷。17  feel a death/a loss etc FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto react very strongly to a bad event, especially someone’s death 对〔某人的〕死感到悲痛/对损失感到难过等 Susan felt her grandmother’s death more than the others. 对于祖母的去世，苏珊比谁都悲痛。n GRAMMAR: Linking verbsFeel is a linking verb. This type of verb links the subject of the sentence with an adjective or noun: She felt tired at the end of the day.I feel such an idiot. PHRASAL VERBS18 feel for somebody phrasal verb SYMPATHIZEto feel sympathy for someone 同情〔某人〕 At the Center, the other mothers know what it’s like, and they really feel for you. 在中心里，其他母亲都了解这种情况，她们非常同情你。19 feel somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informal ASK A QUESTIONto find out what someone’s opinions or feelings are, without asking them directly 探听…的意见 I thought I’d feel out some of my colleagues before the meeting. 我想在开会之前探听一下一些同事的意见。20.feel somebody ↔ up phrasal verb informal SYto touch someone sexually, without their permission 猥亵21 feel up to something phrasal verb [usually in questions and negatives] informal to have the strength, energy etc to do something 觉得有精力做〔某事〕 I just didn’t feel up to going. 我就是没力气去。→ See Verb table

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feel• I felt a definite sense of danger and impending disaster.• The earthquake was felt as far south as Carpenteria.• And the increase in temperature will not be felt evenly.• It felt great to be up in the mountains.• He's feeling guilty for not writing her back.• I don't really feel hungry yet.• This time the other customers do not feel hungry.• I always felt I had the ability to become a reasonable actor.• In a way, his presence will continue to be felt in the department even after he is gone.• It felt kind of weird being back in school.• I felt like if I didn't speak up then, I would never do it.• But the feeling of justice requires that the wrong be righted.• She felt okay last night, but she had a fever this morning.• Liz's parents feel she isn't old enough to leave home.• The clothes still feel slightly damp.• I felt someone was following me, but when I turned around, there was nobody there.• I feel sorry for her.• It is a common experience to feel that an author writes well without being able to say exactly why.• She felt that something else was going to happen and that it wouldn't be good.• I feel that we're just beginning to make progress, and that it would be wrong to stop now.• Doctor Wright felt the baby's stomach, checking that it was not hard.• To be sure, some investors feel the impact of a weaker yen on bonds may be limited.• This Secretary of State does not feel the need to go through such a consultation process.• "The flowers look so real - I can't believe they're silk, " she said, feeling the petals.• Just feel this material - it's so soft!• How does it feel to be home?• I felt very proud of her and read her the letter.• I think people felt we were aiming for this point, but we never had the opportunity to do it before.felt like• Edward felt like a colonial or a schoolboy, and it irked.• The replacement must have felt like an unfamiliar piece of furniture, for he was rapidly bowled.• I told her that both of us, she and I, inside felt like children.• I felt like I had sneaked in.• Mr Stokle says he felt like killing the culprits when he first saw what they'd done to Mrs Leyshon.• Pudding! she felt like screaming.• She felt like throwing it across the room but managed to control herself.feel somebody/something do something• Ann felt him brush against me and turned to face him.feels like• At time it feels like a matter of survival against the elements, keeping your boat upright in a strong breeze.• She feels like a Ping-Pong ball, bouncing between her boss and a woman she considers her friend.• But the whole thing feels like a retread.• It feels like a thoroughbred coupe.• It feels like an underground tunnel down there, the walls thick and heavy, the air damp and cool.• This is a young man's play, and it feels like one.• This feels like some one else's drama.• Her injuries have put her so much on the outside that she barely feels like this is her team.it ... feels like• At time it feels like a matter of survival against the elements, keeping your boat upright in a strong breeze.• It feels like a miracle, because it means I am still alive inside and not dead after all!• It feels like an all-news network should: instant, informed, urgent without being hysterical.• It feels like an underground tunnel down there, the walls thick and heavy, the air damp and cool.• It feels like how being in love should be.• Now I know what it feels like to be a lab rat.• I also know what it feels like to be in danger.• It feels like witnessing a homage to the sun.feel sure/certain• He did not make his pile opening bazaars you feel sure.• The only thing I felt certain about was that the master was in love with her.• People want to feel sure before they make the commitment.• Since my company was uncluttered by revenue, sales or even products I felt sure no one would be interested.• I feel sure that it is a better Bill than when it started.• You feel sure you are in touch with the salient aspects of the situation and that you have an important contribution to make.• I feel sure you can hear and understand me.feel2 ●○○ noun  1  IDEA[singular] a quality that something has that makes you feel or think a particular way about it 感觉 Despite their age, the photographs have a modern feel. 尽管年代久远，这些照片还是有一种现代的感觉。feel about The restaurant has a nice relaxed feel about it. 这家餐厅令人感到轻松自在。2  TOUCH[singular] the way that something feels when you touch it 触觉，手感feel of I like the feel of this cloth. 我喜欢这块布料的手感。 a soft feathery feel 羽毛般柔软的感觉3  have/get/give a feel for something informalUNDERSTAND to have or develop an understanding of something and skill in doing it 对某事有天赋/培养做某事的技巧 exercises that give a child a feel for numbers 培养孩子数字感的练习4  [uncountable] when you use your hands, body etc to feel something 摸，触摸 SYN touchby feel She found the light switch by feel. 她摸到了电灯开关。

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feel• She is a born golfer and one who, like Laura Davies, plays almost entirely by feel.• One of the rooms in Sivitsa's school has a science-fiction feel.• Mostly through o-j-t, trial and error, gut feel, and mistakes.• The heavy feel is produced by the thickened rim.• The keyboard had a mushy feel, which is characteristic of Toshibas.• It has a smooth, soft feel to the skin, is fully breathable, windproof and easy care.• The car has a sporty feel to it.• The seats look good and have a sturdy feel.• The movie has the feel of a big summer hit.• I love the feel of leather.• There was nothing Lucy liked more than the feel of fur against her skin.Origin feel1 Old English felan

feel1 verb →10-17
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emotion a particular to physical Corpus feeling or experience

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feel¹ S1 W1 /fiːl/ verb (past tense and past participle felt /felt/)1.  FEELING/EMOTION  [linking verb, transitive] to experience a particular physical feeling or emotion:
    Do you still feel hungry?
    You can never tell what he’s feeling.
    Stop exercising if you feel any pain.
    feel fine/good/comfortable etc
    I’m feeling a little better today.
    Marie immediately felt guilty.
    feel as if/as though
    When his dad left, he felt as though his world had turned upside-down.
    I felt like I’d really achieved something.
2.  NOTICE  [transitive not in progressive] to notice something that is happening to you, especially something that is touching you:
    She felt his warm breath on her cheek.
    The earthquake was felt as far south as San Diego.
    feel somebody/something do something
    She felt his arms go round her.
    feel yourself doing something
    I felt myself blushing.
3.  FEEL SMOOTH/DRY ETC  [linking verb] to give you a particular physical feeling, especially when you touch or hold something
    feel smooth/cold/damp etc
    Her hands felt rough.
    The house felt hot and stuffy.
    feel as if/as though
    My leg feels as if it’s broken.
    It’s nice fabric – it feels like velvet.
4.  FEEL GOOD/STRANGE/EXCITING ETC  [linking verb] if a situation, event etc feels good, strange etc, that is the emotion or feeling that it gives you:
    After twenty years, seeing him again felt very strange.
    feel ... to be/do something
    It felt wonderful to be wearing clean clothes again.
    How does it feel to be 40?
    It’s been a year since her daughter died, but to her, it still feels like yesterday.
5.  HAVE AN OPINION  [transitive not usually in progressive] to have a particular opinion, especially one that is based on your feelings, not on facts
    feel (that)
    Some of the parents felt the school wasn’t doing enough about bullying.
    feel about
    How would you feel about working with Nicole for a while?
    The experience of rape can change how a woman feels about her body.
    feel sure/certain (=think that something is definitely true)
    She felt sure she’d made the right decision.
6. feel like (doing) something spoken to want to have something or do something:
    He didn’t feel like going to work.
    Do you feel like another drink?
7.  TOUCH  [transitive] to touch something with your fingers to find out about it:
    She felt his forehead. Perhaps he had a temperature.
    Mum, feel this stone. Isn’t it smooth?
    feel how hard/soft/rough etc something is
    He could feel how damp his shirt was against his chest.
8. feel around/on/in etc something (for something) to search for something with your fingers:
    She felt in her bag for a pencil.
9. feel the force/effects/benefits etc of something to experience the good or bad results of something:
    The local economy is beginning to feel the effects of the recession.
10. feel the need to do something to believe that you need to do something:
    Children who can talk to their parents feel less need to try drugs.
11. feel your way
  a. to move carefully, with your hands out in front of you, because you cannot see properly:
    Silently, she felt her way across the room.
  b. to do things slowly and carefully, because you are not completely sure about a new situation
    feel your way towards
    The European Union is still feeling its way towards common policies.
12. feel free spoken used to tell someone that they can do something if they want to:
    ‘Could I use your phone for a minute?’ ‘Feel free.’
    feel free to do something
    Please feel free to make suggestions.
13. I know (just/exactly) how you feel spoken used to express sympathy with someone or with a remark they have just made:
    I know how you feel, Mark, but maybe it’s better not to confront him.
14. not feel yourself spoken to not feel as healthy or happy as usual:
    I don’t know what’s wrong. I just don’t feel quite myself.
15. feel your age to realize that you are not as young or active as you used to be:
    Looking at his grandson made him really feel his age.
16. feel the cold/heat to suffer because of cold or hot weather:
    Old people tend to feel the cold more.
17. feel a death/a loss etc to react very strongly to a bad event, especially someone’s death:
    Susan felt her grandmother’s death more than the others.
     
feel for somebody phrasal verb
  to feel sympathy for someone:
    At the Center, the other mothers know what it’s like, and they really feel for you.
feel somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informal
  to find out what someone’s opinions or feelings are, without asking them directly:
    I thought I’d feel out some of my colleagues before the meeting.
feel somebody ↔ up phrasal verb informal
  to touch someone sexually, without their permission
feel up to something phrasal verb [usually in questions and negatives] informal
  to have the strength, energy etc to do something:
    I just didn’t feel up to going.

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feel² noun1. [singular] a quality that something has that makes you feel or think a particular way about it:
    Despite their age, the photographs have a modern feel.
    feel about
    The restaurant has a nice relaxed feel about it.
2. [singular] the way that something feels when you touch it
    feel of
    I like the feel of this cloth.
    a soft feathery feel
3. have/get/give a feel for something informal to have or develop an understanding of something and skill in doing it:
    exercises that give a child a feel for numbers
4. [uncountable] when you use your hands, body etc to feel something
   SYN  touch
    by feel
    She found the light switch by feel.