sensual

英 ['senʃuəl] 美 ['senʃuəl]

• adj. 肉欲的；色情的；世俗的；感官的；感觉论的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. marked by the appetites and passions of the body;

   "animal instincts"
   "carnal knowledge"
   "fleshly desire"
   "a sensual delight in eating"
   "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
   

2. sexually exciting or gratifying;

   "sensual excesses"
   "a sultry look"
   "a sultry dance"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He lived a life devoted entirely to sensual pleasure.
   他一生耽于肉欲。
2. The first wife is in fact our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material, wealth and sensual pleasure.
   第一个其实在我们的灵魂深处，在我们追求物质，财富，色情的时候经常忽略她。
3. A glutton derives sensual pleasures from eating.
   暴食者可从吃中得到感官上的愉悦。

经典引文

• The Monarch was..soon disgusted of gratifications that were merely sensual.

  出自： J. O. Justamond

• The softened, more luscious brushstrokes and warm, sensual colours of these late masterpieces.

  出自：Modern Painters

近反义词

【近义词】

• fleshly 肉体的
• erotic 性爱的
• sultry 闷热的
• carnal 肉体的
• earthy 泥土的
• animal 动物
• sensory 知觉的
• bodily 肉体的
• physical 物质的
• corporeal 肉体的
• sexual 性的
• voluptuous 激起性欲的
• sexy 性感的
• sensuous 感觉上的