sensual
UK/'senʃuәl/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Relating to physical, especially sexual, pleasure of the senses
感官的，肉欲的；性感的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsens (feel/perceive) + -ual (relating to) = relating to the senses. Over time sensual narrowed toward bodily, especially sexual, pleasure — the gratification of the physical senses rather than the mind.
Root sent still carries 33 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.sensual pleasure感官享乐
- 2.sensual appeal性感魅力
- 3.sensual experience感官体验
- 4.deeply sensual极具感官诱惑的
Example Sentences
- 1.
The dance was slow, intimate, and deeply sensual.
- 2.
He wrote about the sensual pleasure of good food.
Easily Confused
sensual vs sensuous: sensual usually carries a sexual or indulgent overtone (sensual lips); sensuous is the safer word for rich, pleasing sense-experience without the sexual charge (sensuous music, sensuous imagery). Poet John Milton is credited with coining sensuous to avoid sensual's connotations.