sense

• n. 感覺，官能；觀念；道理；理智
• vt. 感覺到；檢測
• n. (Sense)人名；(英)森斯

來自古法語 sens,感覺，知覺，理解，五種感官的功能，來自拉丁語 sensus,感覺的，知覺的， 感知的，過去分詞格於 sentire,感覺，感知，知曉，來自 PIE*sent,感覺，可能來自 PIE*sent, 走，離開，送出，詞源同 send.其邏輯關係可能為摸著石頭過河，根據感覺找路。引申諸相 關詞義。

sense

sense: [14] Sense comes ultimately from Latin sentīre ‘feel’, a prodigious contributor to English vocabulary (it is also the source of assent [13], consent, dissent [16], resent, sentence, sentient [17], and sentiment). From it was derived the noun sēnsus ‘faculty of perceiving’, which was borrowed by English as sense. And sēnsus in turn spawned its own derivatives, which have given English sensation [17], sensible [14], sensitive [14], sensual [15], and sensuous [17].
=> assent, consent, dissent, resent, sensible, sentence, sentiment

sense (n.)

c. 1400, "faculty of perception," also "meaning, import, interpretation" (especially of Holy Scripture), from Old French sens "one of the five senses; meaning; wit, understanding" (12c.) and directly from Latin sensus "perception, feeling, undertaking, meaning," from sentire "perceive, feel, know," probably a figurative use of a literally meaning "to find one's way," or "to go mentally," from PIE root *sent- "to go" (cognates: Old High German sinnan "to go, travel, strive after, have in mind, perceive," German Sinn "sense, mind," Old English sið "way, journey," Old Irish set, Welsh hynt "way"). Application to any one of the external or outward senses (touch, sight, hearing, etc.) in English first recorded 1520s.

A certain negro tribe has a special word for "see;" but only one general word for "hear," "touch," "smell," and "taste." It matters little through which sense I realize that in the dark I have blundered into a pig-sty. In French "sentir" means to smell, to touch, and to feel, all together. [Erich M. von Hornbostel, "Die Einheit der Sinne" ("The Unity of the Senses"), 1927]

Meaning "that which is wise" is from c. 1600. Meaning "capacity for perception and appreciation" is from c. 1600 (as in sense of humor, attested by 1783, sense of shame, 1640s).

sense (v.)

"to perceive by the senses," 1590s, from sense (n.). Meaning "be conscious inwardly of (one's state or condition) is from 1680s. Meaning "perceive (a fact or situation) not by direct perception" is from 1872. Related: Sensed; sensing.

1. Behind the mocking laughter lurks a growing sense of unease.

嘲笑聲的背後潛伏著一種越來越強烈的不安。

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2. Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.

盡管他家境一般，但也並不算貧窮。

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3. It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.

在減肥過程中保持飲食的營養相對均衡是明智的。

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4. In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.

黑暗中我的聽覺變得異常靈敏。

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5. There is a wry sense of humour in his work.

他的作品帶有一種諷刺意味的幽默。

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