sensitiveness 音标拼音: [s'ɛnsətɪvnəs]
n . 灵敏,灵敏度
灵敏,灵敏度
sensitiveness n 1 :
sensitivity to emotional feelings (
of self and others )
[
synonym : {
sensitivity }, {
sensitiveness }]
2 : (
physiology )
responsiveness to external stimuli ;
the faculty of sensation ; "
sensitivity to pain " [
synonym : {
sensitivity },
{
sensitiveness }, {
sensibility }]
3 :
the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences ; "
a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity "; "
the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth " [
synonym : {
sensitivity },
{
sensitiveness }]
4 :
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment [
synonym : {
sensitivity },
{
sensitiveness }] [
ant : {
insensitiveness }, {
insensitivity }]
Sensitive \
Sen "
si *
tive \,
a . [
F .
sensitif .
See {
Sense }.]
1 .
Having sense of feeling ;
possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects ;
as ,
a sensitive soul .
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2 .
Having quick and acute sensibility ,
either to the action of external objects ,
or to impressions upon the mind and feelings ;
highly susceptible ;
easily and acutely affected .
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She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny .
--
Macaulay .
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3 .
(
a ) (
Mech .)
Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved ;
as ,
a sensitive thermometer ;
sensitive scales .
(
b ) (
Chem . &
Photog .)
Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents ;
as ,
silver chloride or bromide ,
when in contact with certain organic substances ,
is extremely sensitive to actinic rays .
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4 .
Serving to affect the sense ;
sensible . [
R .]
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A sensitive love of some sensitive objects .
--
Hammond .
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5 .
Of or pertaining to sensation ;
depending on sensation ;
as ,
sensitive motions ;
sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation . --
E .
Darwin .
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{
Sensitive fern } (
Bot .),
an American fern ({
Onoclea sensibilis }),
the leaves of which ,
when plucked ,
show a slight tendency to fold together .
{
Sensitive flame } (
Physics ),
a gas flame so arranged that under a suitable adjustment of pressure it is exceedingly sensitive to sounds ,
being caused to roar ,
flare ,
or become suddenly shortened or extinguished ,
by slight sounds of the proper pitch .
{
Sensitive joint vetch } (
Bot .),
an annual leguminous herb ({
Aeschynomene hispida }),
with sensitive foliage .
{
Sensitive paper },
paper prepared for photographic purpose by being rendered sensitive to the effect of light .
{
Sensitive plant }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
A leguminous plant ({
Mimosa pudica },
or {
Mimosa sensitiva },
and other allied species ),
the leaves of which close at the slightest touch .
(
b )
Any plant showing motions after irritation ,
as the sensitive brier ({
Schrankia })
of the Southern States ,
two common American species of {
Cassia } ({
Cassia nictitans },
and {
Cassia Chamaecrista }),
a kind of sorrel ({
Oxalis sensitiva }),
etc .
[
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Sen "
si *
tive *
ly },
adv . --
{
Sen "
si *
tive *
ness },
n .
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