Intimate
['ɪntɪmət] or [ˈɪntəmɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) give to understand; 'I insinuated that I did not like his wife'.
(adj.) marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; 'intimate friend'; 'intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles' - V.L. Parrington .
(adj.) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; 'this girl, so intimate with nature'-W.H.Hudson; 'knowledgeable about the technique of painting'- Herbert Read .
(adj.) involved in a sexual relationship; 'the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife'; 'she had been intimate with many men'; 'he touched her intimate parts' .
校對:玛拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.
(a.) Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
(a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.
(n.) An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.
(a.) To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.
(a.) To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.
克莱奥校對
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Near, close.[2]. Familiar, friendly, THICK, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
n. Confidant, crony, familiar friend, intimate acquaintance.
v. a. Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, give an inkling of, glance at, remind of, put in mind of.
編輯:尼特
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Close, familiar, exact, nice, near, friendly, conversant
ANT:Distant, unfamiliar, superficial
安尼塔整理
解釋/意思:
adj. innermost: internal: close: closely acquainted: familiar.—n. a familiar friend: an associate.—v.t. to hint: to announce.—n. In′timacy state of being intimate: close familiarity.—adv. In′timately.—n. Intimā′tion obscure notice: hint: announcement.
編輯:纽曼
例句/造句/用法:
- Herbert was my intimate companion and friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Sir Percival's only intimate friend in the Fairlie family had been Laura's father. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The fellow was a rascal from the beginning, but, in some extraordinary way, James became intimate with him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Intimate as you are, you must know how it is to be done. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- One of his most intimate friends was a merchant, who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- A nation must, so to speak, live close to its own life, be intimate and sympathetic with natural events. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was on a Friday that he intimated this to Mrs. Sparsit at the Bank, adding: 'But you'll go down to-morrow, ma'am, all the same. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It signifies, he intimated, bloodshed and civil conflict. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Let me see, said the Prince, who dare stop him, fixing his eye on Cedric, whose attitude intimated his intention to hurl the Jew down headlong. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But, he intimated that when she came home he should hope to have the pleasure of entertaining me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Crackit intimated, by a motion of his hand as he left the room, that there was nothing to fear; and directly came back with Charley Bates behind him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- There was nobody but himself, he intimated, worthy of my confidence, and--in short, might he? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Having intimated my connection, my position in his eyes was henceforth clear, and on a right footing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Men's ambitions are apt to reflect the standards of their intimates. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- When he was forty he began to talk about the reality of God, at first apparently only to his wife and a few intimates. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He remembered her vividly: she was one of his soul's intimates. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Mr. Briggs intimates that the answer to his application was not from Mr. Rochester, but from a lady: it is signed 'Alice Fairfax. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- His own soldiers, his own intimates, thought the latter, and at last stayed his career beyond the Indus. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look, meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The question was addressed to Bumble; but his wife anticipated the reply, by intimating that she was perfectly acquainted with it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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