| 词组 | touch |
| 释义 | touch [touched, touched, touching] touch down touch down if a plane touches down, it lands on the ground, especially at an airport: ▪ Margaret closed her book as the plane touched down at Istanbul airport. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑land ■ OPPOSITE: take off touchdown n C,U when a plane lands on the ground, especially at an airport: ▪ The accident took place seconds after touchdown. touch for touch sb for sth BrE informal to borrow money from someone: ▪ While I'm here, could I touch you for the loan of a pound or two till next week? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑tap for touch off touch off sth to cause something to start happening suddenly: ▪ Nicosia's announcement that it would purchase the Russian air defence system touched off the latest crisis. ▪ The incident had touched off a wave of rioting that spread throughout the occupied territories. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑spark off, ↑trigger off touch on/upon ! Touch upon is more formal than touch on and is mostly used in writing. touch on/upon sth to mention or talk about something for a short time and without giving very many details: ▪ The book mentions Cromwell's activities in Ireland, but only touches on them briefly. ▪ Negotiations for the treaty touched on border issues. ▪ This aspect of Weston's work is barely touched on by most critics. touch up 1. touch up sth • touch sth up to improve something by changing it a little or adding more to it, often in order to hide marks or faults: ▪ I didn't buy the Peugeot, because some of the paintwork looked as though it had been recently touched up. ▪ Dominique looked in the car mirror and touched up her lipstick, before driving quickly off down the road. 2. touch sb up • touch up sb BrE informal to touch someone's body without their permission in an annoying and unpleasant way in order to get sexual pleasure: ▪ This guy sitting beside me started playing with my hair and touching me up. ▪ people who like touching up young boys ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑feel up informal touch upon ► see ↑touch on/upon |
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