Friend

[frend] or [frɛnd]

解释:

(noun.) a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers).

(noun.) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; 'he was my best friend at the university'.

录入:萨姆纳--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.

(n.) One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.

(n.) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.

(n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.

(n.) A paramour of either sex.

(v. t.) To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.

编辑:谢尔顿

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Patron, advocate, confidant, adherent, associate, ally, intimate, good genius, bosom friend.[2]. Favorer, encourager, well-wisher.[3]. Quaker.

戈登编辑

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Associate, companion, acquaintance, familiar, ally, chum, messmate, coadjutor,confidant, adherent

ANT:Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy

克劳迪娅手打

解释:

n. one loving or attached to another: an intimate acquaintance: a favourer: one of a society so called: (Scot.) a relative.—v.t. (obs.) to befriend.—adj. Friend′ed supplied with friends.—n. Friend′ing (Shak.) friendliness.—adj. Friend′less without friends: destitute.—n. Friend′lessness.—adv. Friend′lily.—n. Friend′liness.—adj. Friend′ly like a friend: having the disposition of a friend: favourable: pertaining to the Friends or Quakers.—n. Friend′ship attachment from mutual esteem: friendly assistance.—Friendly societies or Benefit societies associations chiefly among mechanics &c. for relief during sickness old age widowhood by provident insurance.—Be friends with to be on intimate or friendly relations with; Have a friend at court to have a friend in a position where his influence is likely to prove useful; Society of Friends the designation proper of a sect of Christians better known as Quakers.

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