touching

Definitions

From touch + -ing. touch itself came through Old French toucher, of uncertain Latin origin, and is grouped under tact for its shared "touch" meaning rather than a proven link. Something "touching" reaches your feelings — it touches your heart. The rare prepositional sense (touching this matter = concerning) is the same idea: a subject the discussion touches on.

Common Collocations

• 1.a touching story感人的故事
• 2.deeply touching深深打动人的
• 3.touching tribute动人的致敬
• 4.touching moment感人的时刻

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She wrote a touching letter to her late father.

• 2.

  It was touching to see strangers help one another.