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Touch Definition, Usage, and Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：make physical contact with (touch)

touch 🔊

/tʌtʃ/

v., n.

To put your hand, fingers, or another part of your body on something or someone.

Finger touching smartphone screen close-up

make physical contact with 🔊

➕

/meɪk ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈkɑːntækt wɪð/

v., n.

To bring a part of the body, typically the hand or fingers, into contact with someone or something.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'toccare' (to knock), via Old French 'tochier'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'Touching' a soft teddy bear - the feeling connects your hand to your heart.

📖 Example

Please don't touch the paintings in the museum; the oils from your skin can damage them. 🔊 Please don't touch the paintings in the museum; the oils from your skin can damage them.

🔗 Collocations

touch base – to make brief contact or communication with someone

touch down – to land (aircraft)

touch upon – to mention or discuss briefly

🔄 Synonyms

feel (v.) – to perceive through physical contact

handle (v.) – to touch, hold, or manipulate with hands

finger (v.) – to touch or handle with fingers

🚫 Antonyms

avoid (v.) – to keep away from; not touch

shun (v.) – to deliberately avoid physical contact

🌱 Derivatives

touchable (adj.) – capable of being touched

untouched (adj.) – not touched or handled

touching (adj.) – causing feelings of sympathy; emotionally affecting

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'touch' originated from a sound-imitative root in Latin, referring to the act of striking. In modern English, it is used both for physical contact and emotional impact.

Meaning 2：affect emotionally (touch)

touch 🔊

/tʌtʃ/

v., n.

To make someone feel a strong emotion, such as sadness or sympathy.

Person looking at photo album emotional moment

affect emotionally 🔊

➕

/əˈfɛkt ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/

v., n.

To cause an emotional response, especially of sadness, sympathy, or tenderness.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The story about the little boy and his lost dog really touched my heart and made me cry. 🔊 The story about the little boy and his lost dog really touched my heart and made me cry.

🔗 Collocations

touch one's heart – to cause someone to feel deep sympathy or emotion

touch a nerve – to make someone feel upset or angry by mentioning a sensitive topic

touch someone deeply – to affect someone strongly emotionally

🔄 Synonyms

move (v.) – to make someone feel emotion, especially sympathy or sadness

affect (v.) – to have an emotional impact on someone

stir (v.) – to arouse strong feelings in someone

🚫 Antonyms

repel (v.) – to cause disgust or aversion; opposite of emotionally attracting

numb (v.) – to make insensitive; reduce emotional response

harden (v.) – to make someone less susceptible to emotion

🌱 Derivatives

touching (adj.) – arousing sympathy or emotion

touchingly (adv.) – in a way that arouses emotion

untouched (adj.) – not emotionally affected