touch

a touch

to a slight degree; a little

略微；稍许

the water was a touch chilly for us.

对于我们来说，水有点冰。

in touch

in or into communication

联系，接触

she said that you &B{kept in touch}, that you wrote.

她说你保持了联系，还写了信。

ask someone to &B{put} you &B{in touch} with other carers.

请别人帮你联系其他护理人员。

possessing up-to-date knowledge

掌握最新知识

we need to keep in touch with the latest developments.

我们应该紧跟最新发展。

lose touch

cease to correspond or be in communication

失去联系

I &B{lost touch with} him when he joined the Air Force.

自他加入空军后，我便与他失去了联系。

cease to be aware or informed

不再意识到，失去消息

we cannot &B{lose touch with} political reality.

我们不能脱离政治现实。

out of touch

lacking knowledge or information concerning current events and developments

缺乏对当前事件和发展的了解

he seems surprisingly out of touch with recent economic thinking.

令人惊讶的是，他似乎不了解近来的经济思想。

to the touch

used to describe the qualities of something perceived by touching it or the sensations felt by someone who is touched

摸起来

the silk was slightly rough to the touch.

这种丝摸起来有点粗糙。

the ankle was swollen and painful to the touch.

脚踝肿了，一摸就疼。

touch base (with)

the silk was slightly rough to the touch.

这种丝摸起来有点粗糙。

the ankle was swollen and painful to the touch.

脚踝肿了，一摸就疼。

touch bottom

reach the ground below a stretch of water with one's feet or a pole

双脚（或杆）触及水底

touch a chord

touch of nature

a display of human feeling with which others sympathize (based on a misinterpretation of Shakespeare's &I{Troilus and Cressida} iii iii. 169)

感情的流露，人情味

touch of the sun

a slight attack of sunstroke

轻度中暑

some time spent in the sunlight

日晒时间

when you fancy a touch of the sun and some sea air, you can head for the beach.

当你向往日光和海边空气时，你可以去海滩。

touch wood

when you fancy a touch of the sun and some sea air, you can head for the beach.

当你向往日光和海边空气时，你可以去海滩。

would not touch something with a bargepole

when you fancy a touch of the sun and some sea air, you can head for the beach.

当你向往日光和海边空气时，你可以去海滩。

touch at

(of a ship or someone in it) call briefly at (a port)

（船，乘客）短暂停靠（港口）

touch something off

cause something to ignite or explode by touching it with a match

用火柴点燃（或引爆）

(of a racehorse) defeat another horse in a race by a short margin

（赛马）险胜

Royal Ballerina was touched off by Intrepidity in the English Oaks.

在英国欧克斯马赛中无畏马险胜皇家芭蕾舞女马。