feeling

feeling 的核心是“感受到的东西”：可以是皮肤接收到的感觉，也可以是心里的情绪、态度、直觉或对人的感情；作形容词时表示富有感情、容易感动。

💡 记忆钩子

把 feeling 想成身体和心里亮起的一盏“感受灯”：先是皮肤感觉到触碰，再扩展成害怕、受伤等情绪，进而表示对某事的态度、对某人的感情，以及对场合的直觉；形容词则表示一个人或表达方式很有感受力、很动情。

📝 学习建议

先掌握名词最常见的“感觉、情绪”和复数 feelings“感情、情绪”，再学习“直觉、态度”等引申义。
不要把 feelings 只理解为“感觉”；在表示对某人的爱恋或好感时，通常用复数。

📖 中文释义

adj

rare 富有感情的

📖 形容一个人对他人的处境很有感受力，容易体会并表现出情感。
rare 动情的；感人的

📖 形容说话、描述或表达充满真情实感，能让人感受到强烈的情绪。

more feeling comparative most feeling superlative

noun

common 身体感觉

📖 指皮肤或身体接触、温度、压力等刺激后产生的感觉，是“感受灯”最直接的一层。

💡 常用模式是“a feeling in/on + 身体部位”或“a feeling of + 名词”。这里强调身体接收到的感觉，不一定带有情绪色彩；中文学习者容易把它和 emotion 一类的“情绪”混为一谈。

I felt a strange feeling in my fingers after touching the metal.

碰到那块金属后，我的手指有一种奇怪的感觉。
core 情绪；感受

📖 指心里产生的情绪或对某件事的整体感受，例如害怕、安心或不安。

💡 常用模式是“a feeling of + 情绪名词”或“a feeling that + 从句”。通常说 have、get 或 give someone a feeling；不要只在表示身体触觉时使用它。

The empty street gave me a feeling of unease.

那条空荡荡的街道让我感到不安。

I had a strong feeling that someone was watching us.

我强烈感觉有人在看着我们。
core 情绪状态；感情

📖 复数 feelings 指一个人的内心状态，尤其是受到伤害、安慰或尊重时的情绪和感情。

💡 通常用复数，常见模式是“hurt/protect/respect someone’s feelings”或“talk about your feelings”。不能在这种意义下随意改用单数；单数 a feeling 更多表示某一种具体感受。

Please be careful with her feelings when you discuss the mistake.

你讨论这个错误时，请顾及她的感受。

I was upset, but I did not want to hurt his feelings.

我很难过，但不想伤害他的感情。
common 爱意；好感

📖 复数 feelings 表示对某人的爱情、好感或情感依恋，通常需要从上下文判断感情的强弱。

💡 常用模式是“have feelings for + 人”，也可说“develop feelings for + 人”。这里通常用复数，不能按中文习惯直接说 a feeling for 某人来表示恋爱感情。

plural-normally

She realized that she still had feelings for her old friend.

她意识到自己对那位老朋友仍有感情。
common 直觉；分寸感

📖 指不必经过明确推理就能察觉情况的能力，也可以指对他人情绪或合适说法的敏锐判断。

💡 常用模式是“have a feeling that + 从句”表示直觉，或“have a feeling for + 事物/人”表示对其有分寸感和敏感度。后一个结构不能总译成“喜欢”，具体含义要看上下文。

I had a feeling that the train would be late.

我有种直觉，觉得火车会晚点。
common 看法；态度

📖 指一个人对某个问题、行为或处境持有的态度或看法，是心里的“感受灯”进一步形成的立场。

💡 常用模式是“feelings about/toward + 事物”或“make your feelings known”。这个意义往往用复数，尤其在正式讨论中；不要把它机械地理解成经过完整论证的 opinion。

What are your feelings about the proposed changes?

你对这些拟议中的改变有什么看法？

feelings plural

verb

common 感受；感觉着

📖 这是 feel 的现在分词或动名词形式，表示正在体验某种身体感觉或情绪，也可以指“感受这件事”本身。

form-of gerund participle present

He is feeling much better today.

他今天感觉好多了。

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 6 组

the experiencing of affective and emotional states; ;

同义词集: feeling

she had a feeling of euphoria

he had terrible feelings of guilt

I disliked him and the feeling was mutual

上位: state 下位: affect, affection, affectionateness, agitation, amazement, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, astonishment, bravery, calmness, complex, desire, despair, devastation, dislike, emotion, enthusiasm, expectation, fearlessness, fellow feeling, fondness, glow, gratitude, gravity, happiness, heart, hope, humbleness, humility, humor, humour, liking, mood, pain, painfulness, pang, passion, passionateness, philia, pleasance, pleasure, pride, pridefulness, sadness, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, sex, sexual urge, shame, solemnity, soul, soulfulness, stab, sympathy, temper, tenderness, thing, twinge, unhappiness, warmheartedness, warmness

an intuitive understanding of something

同义词集: feeling intuitive feeling

he had a great feeling for music

上位: intuition

a physical sensation that you experience; ;

同义词集: feeling

he had a queasy feeling

I had a strange feeling in my leg

he lost all feeling in his arm

下位: constriction, tightness

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;

同义词集: touch touch sensation tactual sensation tactile sensation feeling

she likes the touch of silk on her skin

the surface had a greasy feeling

上位: perception

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; ; ;

同义词集: impression feeling belief notion opinion

his impression of her was favorable

what are your feelings about the crisis?

it strengthened my belief in his sincerity

I had a feeling that she was lying

上位: idea, thought 下位: effect, hunch, intuition, presence, suspicion

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; ;

同义词集: spirit tone feel feeling flavor flavour look smell

the feel of the city excited him

a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting

it had the smell of treason

上位: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere 下位: hollywood, zeitgeist

🌳 词源

源自中古英语 felynge，由 feel 加后缀 -ing 构成。

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

🔄 变式

feelings plural more feeling compar most feeling superl

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