mindmap root((感觉)) sensation may center attention on the fact of perception through or as if through the sense organs, with or without comprehension: felt a tingling ~; but often suggests not only recognition but also intellectual and emotional reactions: bothered by the ~ that he was being ignored. sense may differ little from sensation: as the fire burned lower a ~ of chill crept over them; or it may be applied specifically to any one of the basic perceptive powers: the ~ of smell; but in its typical application to the power or act of responding to stimuli it tends to stress intellectual awareness and full consciousness: a ~ of frustration. feeling may apply to sensations such as touch, heat, cold, or pressure that are perceived through the skin: so cold she had no ~ in her fingers; or to a complex response to stimulation involving sensation, emotion, and a degree of thought: had a vague ~ of unease; or to the power to respond: a sentient, ~ being sensibility often replaces feeling in this last use, especially when a keenly impressionable nature is to be implied: a creature of gentle nature and great ~; or excessive or affected responsiveness: made a great show of effete ~ies.