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.
例文
1. It is a sensuous but demanding car to drive.
この車は乗り心地がいいが、優れた運転技術が必要だ。
2.The director employs sensuous ，atmospheric camerawork and deft dramatic touches.
演出家はレンズ運用に美感と雰囲気を漂わせ、演劇手法の運用も熟練している。
3.His voice was deep but gentle,almost sensuous .
彼の声は低くて優しく、ほとんどセクシーと言える。
4.I 'm drawn to the poetic, sensuous qualities of her paintings.
彼女の絵の詩的で目を楽しませる特性が好きだ。
5.The film is ravising to look at and boasts a sensuous musical score.