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.
实用例句
1. It is a sensuous but demanding car to drive.
这车坐上去很舒服，但需要高超的驾驶技术。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The director employs sensuous, atmospheric camerawork and deft dramatic touches.
导演在镜头运用上既富有美感又渲染了气氛，戏剧手法的运用也娴熟自如。
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3. His voice was deep but gentle, almost sensuous.
他的声音低沉而温柔，几乎可以说是性感。
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4. I'm drawn to the poetic, sensuous qualities of her paintings.
我喜欢她的画中那种充满诗意、赏心悦目的特性。
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5. The film is ravishing to look at and boasts a sensuous musical score.
