1640s, "pertaining to the senses" apparently coined by Milton to recover the original meaning of sensual and avoid the lascivious connotation that the older word had acquired, but by 1870 sensuous, too, had begun down the same path and come to mean "alive to the pleasures of the senses." Rare before Coleridge popularized it "To express in one word all that appertains to the perception, considered as passive and merely recipient ...." (1814). From Latin sensus (see sense (n.)) + -ous. Related: Sensuously; sensuousness.
雙語例句
1. It is a sensuous but demanding car to drive.
這車坐上去很舒服，但需要高超的駕駛技術(shù)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The director employs sensuous, atmospheric camerawork and deft dramatic touches.
導(dǎo)演在鏡頭運(yùn)用上既富有美感又渲染了氣氛，戲劇手法的運(yùn)用也嫻熟自如。
來自柯林斯例句
3. His voice was deep but gentle, almost sensuous.
他的聲音低沉而溫柔，幾乎可以說是性感。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I'm drawn to the poetic, sensuous qualities of her paintings.
我喜歡她的畫中那種充滿詩意、賞心悅目的特性。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. The film is ravishing to look at and boasts a sensuous musical score.