sensation

sensation ^{n. state of great surprise, excitement, interest, etc among many people 轰动}

• The discovery caused a sensation, people associate the sea eel with live animals, but also did not express any doubt. ^{这一发现引起了轰动，人们将海鳗与活体动物联系起来，但也没有表示任何怀疑。}
• The band became a sensation overnight. ^{一夜之间，这支乐队名声大振。}
• She felt a burning sensation in her throat. ^{她感到咽喉火辣辣的疼。}
• He had the eerie sensation of being watched. ^{他不安地感到有人在监视他。}

cause a sensation ^引起轰动

• News of his arrest caused a sensation.
• The first tests on the Solent in 1959 caused a sensation.
• This message is then transmitted and cause a sensation of mass. ^{这一消息随后被大规模转发并引起轰动。}
• This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. ^{这话在它们间引起了极大的轰动。}
  

sensation ^{n. a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch 感觉（尤指触觉）}

• One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.
• This is supposed to induce pleasurable sensations in the elephant, and its effects are reinforced by the use of endearing epithets.
• The sensation of facial vision, it turns out, really goes in through the ears. ^{事实证明，面部视觉的感觉是通过耳朵传递的。}
• Working with one's head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as muscular work. ^{脑力劳动与体力劳动引起的饥饿感觉是完全一样的。}

【词根】 “sens   /   sent” = to feel 

• sensation ^{n. 感觉；轰动；感动}
• sensational ^{adj. 轰动的；耸人听闻的；非常好的；使人感动的}
• sense  ^{n. 感觉，知觉；意义}
• sensitive  ^{adj. 敏感的}
• sensual  ^{adj.  肉体上的；性感的}
• sentiment  ^{n.  情绪，感情}
• sentimentality  ^{n. 多愁善感}
• assent  ^{v. & n.  同意，赞成}
• consent  ^{v. & n. 同意，赞成}
• consensus  ^{n.  共识}
• dissent  ^{n. 异议，反对；v. 持异议，不同意}
• resent ^{v. 怨恨，憎恨}
• resentment  ^{n. 怨恨，憎恨}
• presentiment  ^{n. 预感，凶兆}